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Howick Hall (SP 1303)

Howick Hall served both the U. S. Army and the Navy.

Cargo Ship: Built in 1910 by the William Hamilton Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland; Acquired by the Army, September 1917; Acquired by the Navy, 24 August 1918 at Baltimore, MD and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned, 13 March 1919 at Baltimore, MD and returned to her owners the same day. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 8,097 t.; Length 413'; Beam 51' 6"; Draft 25' 11"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 91;
Armament unknown.
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Howick Hall 87k In New York Harbor, prior to World War I.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Howick Hall was built by William Hamilton Co., Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1910. Acquired from her owners, the U.S. Steel Products Co., she commissioned at Baltimore on 24 August 1918, Lt. Comdr. Gust E. Jonsson in command.

After loading cargo at Baltimore, Howick Hall joined a convoy at New York and from there sailed to St. Nazaire,France, reaching that port on 30 September. She discharged cargo and on 31 October was back at Baltimore. Her second transatlantic voyage began at Newport News, where she loaded cargo for La Verdun Roads, France, on 25 December. From there Howick Hall went to Bassens for fuel, and on 3 February 1919, sailed for the States. However, a case of spinal meningitis in the crew necessitated her stopping at Bermuda on 21 February.

Ship and crew were placed in quarantine and denied communication with the island until they sailed for Baltimore on 25 February. Howick Hall arrived at Baltimore via Newport News on 5 March and decommissioned there 13 March 1919.

She was returned to her former owners the same day.


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