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Moccasin (ID 1322)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1903 as Prinz Joachim by Flensburger Schiffsbau, Ges, Flensburg, Germany; Seized by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) after war broke out and renamed Moccasin; Chartered by the Army in 1917; Acquired by the Navy, 26 February 1918 and commissioned Moccasin (ID 1322). Serving as a refrigerator ship, she transported food across the Atlantic from March 1918 until she was decommissioned in 2 June 1919 and returned to the USSB; Renamed Porto Rico, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 9,060 t.; Length 370' 8"; Beam 45' 2"; Draft 24' 4"; Speed 9 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 6" and one 3".


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Moccasin 98k Probably photographed soon after she was taken over by the U.S. Shipping Board in 1917. Formerly the German merchant ship Prinz Joachim, she still wears that name on her bow.
USN Photo NH 101818
Naval Historical Center

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