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Revision as of 16:18, 13 August 2019

SS William Luckenbach
SS William Luckenbach.jpg
While USS Rappahannoch Jul 1924 US Navy photo #NH 105186
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History
Name SS William Luckenbach
Owner Luckenbach Steamship Company, New York
Builder Bremer-Vulcan yards, Vegesack, Germany
Launched 1913
Completed 1913
In service 1913
Out of service 1952
Fate Scrapped
General characteristics
Type Cargo / passengers
Tonnage 17,300 tons
Length 471' 2" (143.61m)
Beam 59'2" (18.03m)
Depth 26'6" (8.08m)
Speed 11.5 knots



Remarks

The SS Luckenbach was a Rappahannock class store ship originally, acquired for the US Navy for use in WW1. Originally launched as SS Pommern for the North German Lloyd Line and used on the Australian freight service via the Cape of Good Hope. Interned in Honolulu after the outbreak of WW1, she was taken over by the US Navy when the US entered the war, and commissioned as USS Rappahannock (AF-6) on 8 Dec 1917 an used primarily for stock transport.


Decommissioned by the US Navy on 10 Dec 1924, she remained in reserve until sold to the Luckenbach Steamship Co on 5 Oct 1933, and renamed ""SS William Luckenbach and operated under that name until sold to an Italian company in November 1946. She was scrapped at the end of 1952.


Battle Honours

Soldiers carried

Finschhafen to Brisbane 31 July to 8 June 1944