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USAT Kintuck

Transport:

Built in 1895, by Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland

Launched, date unknown

Delivered, Blue Funnel Line

Acquired by the US War Department, circa 1897

Commission USAT Kintuck, date unknown

Kintuck transported US Army troops to China during the Boxer Rebellion

Decommissioned, date unknown

Sold, date unknown, to Ocean Steamship Co.

Sold, date unknown, to China Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (Arthur Holt & Co., Liverpool)

Final Disposition, on a voyage from London to Barry Roads in ballast, 2 December 1917, was sunk by a mine from a German submarine, 8 miles from the Godrevy lighthouse. 1 person was lost.

Specifications:
Displacement 3,639 grt
Length 410'
Beam 48'
Draft 27.5
Speed 13,5 kts
Complement unknown

Propulsion

two boilers

one 3 cyl triple expansion steam engine, 600hp

single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service
301309202	60k	SS Kintuck underway, date and location unknown.	John Spivey
301309203	49k	SS Kintuck underway, date and location unknown. Photo from www.shippingandshipbuilding.uk	John Spivey
USAT Kintuck
301309201	73k	USAT Kintuck moored pierside at Seattle, WA. while preparing to transport U.S. troops to China, 20 August 1900 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEP0117], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.	John Spivey

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