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Lake Helen (ID 4215E)


Freighter: Built in 1918 by the McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Co., Duluth, MN; Acquired by the Navy, 10 October 1918 and commissioned Lake Helen
(ID 4215E)
the same day; Decommissioned, 7 August 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1925 to Consolidated Navigation, Monaco; Sold in 1926 to the West Palm Beach Line and renamed York; Sold again in 1926 to the Merchants and Miners Transportation Co., Baltimore, MD; Sold in 1929 to Sanne and Mithassel, Oslo, Norway and renamed Skogvic; Sold in 1933 to the Soviet Union, renamed Kama and assigned the Baltic Main Administration office of Sovtorgflot. With the restructuring of the Soviet fleet on March 15, 1934, Kama fell under the Baltic State Sea Shipping Co. On September 22, 1939 it was reassigned to the Murmansk State Sea Shipping Co. and then the Northern State Sea Shipping Co. 1 January 1940. Following Allied victory, Kama was returned to the Murmansk State Sea Shipping Co. 10 October 1945. It was removed from the active roster 25 September 1963 and most likely scrapped afterwards. Believed to have been scrapped in 1968.

Specifications: Displacement 1,998 t.; Length 251'; Beam 43' 5"; Draft 20' 2"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 3".


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