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Levisa (ID 1573)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1916 by the Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, MI; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned Levisa (ID 1573), 19 November 1918; Decommissioned, 1 April 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1929 to Sanders & Boe, Kragero, Norway and renamed Bjerka; Sold in 1933 to Skibs A/S Orion (M. Bruusgaart & H. Bodtker, Jr., Mgrs.), Oslo, Norway; Sold in 1946 to the E-Hsiang Steamship Co., Ltd., Keelung, Formosa and renamed Foo Ming; Scrapped in Formosa in 1958.

Specifications: Displacement 3,800 t. (changed in 1942 to 1,893 t.); Length 251'; Beam 43' 8"; Draft 18' 4"; Speed 9 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 5" and one 6-pounder.


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