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Yellowstone (ID 2657)


Freighter: Built in 1917 as War Buoy by the Moore and Scott Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA; Completed in 1918 and renamed Yellowstone; Acquired by the Navy, (date unknown) at Philadelphia, PA; Commissioned Yellowstone (ID 2657), 21 September 1918; Decommissioned 7 May 1919 at Brooklyn, NY, returned to the United States Shipping Board and struck from the Naval list the same day; Ran aground at St. Michael's, Azores and stranded 10 December 1929.

Specifications: Displacement 12,570 t.; Length 416' 6"; Beam 53'; Draft 26' 3"; Depth of hold 34' 6"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 79; Armament none.


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