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Lake Pleasant (SP 4429)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 as War Sprite by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ashtabula, OH; Renamed Lake Pleasant prior to completion; Acquired by the Navy, 8 September 1918 and commissioned Lake Pleasant (SP 4429) the same day; Decommissioned 7 July 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1929 to the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Reduced to barge and lengthened 63 feet in 1929; Reconverted to propeller in 1943, by the Alabama Dry Dock & Ship Building Co., Mobile, AL; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in 1944; Sold in 1946 to A.P. Anastassatos, Panama and renamed Stamo; Sold in 1947 to Cia. Punta Alta, S.A., Panama; Sold in 1950 to A.P. Anastassatos, Cephalonia, Greece and renamed Adriatica; Stranded south of Bodo, near Tennholmen, Norway, 5 November 1956, on voyage from Umba, Soviet Union for Hull, United Kingdom. Refloated 30 November 1956, towed to Harstad, Norway with serious damages. Arrived at Boness, Scotland 19 April 1957, and broken up for scrap by P. & W. McLellan, Ltd.

Specifications: Displacement 2,231 t.; Length 261'; Beam 43' 6"; Draft 19' 9"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 3".


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