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Neponset (ID 3581)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1918 as Shawmut by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 4 July 1918; Renamed Neponset during construction; Acquired by the Navy, 28 October 1918 at New York and commissioned Neponset
(ID 3581)
the same day; Decommissioned, 4 February 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to the United States Shipping Board. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 16,008 t.; Length 450'; Beam 57' 7"; Draft 28' 1"; Speed 10.5 kts.; Complement 86; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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Neponset 47k Photographed in "dazzle" camouflage when first completed by the Sun Shipbuilding Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1918.
USN Photograph NH 102061
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Neponset (No. 3581), launched as Shawmut by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa., 4 July 1918, was transferred to the Navy at New York 28 October 1918, and commissioned the same day, Lt. Comdr. Charles H. Lawrenee, USNRF. in command.

After conversion to an animal transport, Neponset, with a general cargo and horses, cleared New York for France 13 November, arriving Bordeaux the 30th.

Upon returning to the United States she was ordered out of service, decommissioned 4 February 1919 at Norfolk, and returned to USSB.


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