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Margaret / Chatham (SP 2510)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1916 as Margaret by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD; Acquired by the Navy, 13 March 1918; Commissioned USS Margaret (SP 2510), 26 March 1918; Renamed Chatham, 18 April 1918; Decommissioned, 10 February 1919 at New York and transferred to the Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 7,523 t.; Length 338'; Beam 46' 2"; Draft 22'; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 70;
Armament unknown.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: The second Chatham (No. 2510) was launched in 1916 by Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Md., as Margaret; acquired 13 March 1918 on charter, commissioned 26 March 1918 as Margaret; Lieutenant Commander T. J. Sammons, USNRF, in command, reported to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, and was renamed Chatham 18 April 1918.

Between 1 April and 23 December 1918, Chatham made five voyages from east coast ports to France, carrying general cargo and supplies for the American Expeditionary Force, and on her last, for the Army of Occupation. She was decommissioned at New York 10 February 1919 and returned to the Shipping Board the same day.


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