USAT Charles Lummis
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 Sister ship of SS Charles Lummis | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USAT Charles Lummis |
| Owner | US Marine Corps |
| Builder | California Ship-building Corp |
| Yard number | Terminal Island |
| Launched | 5 May 1943 |
| Completed | June 1943 |
| In service | 4 Jul 1943 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1965 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo vessel |
| Tonnage | 7,176 tons |
| Length | 134.57 metres |
| Beam | 17.3 metres |
| Depth | 8.5 metres |
| Propulsion | Two oil fired boilers, single screw |
| Speed | 11 knots (20.3 km/h) |
| Capacity | 38 - 62 crew plus 21 - 40 Naval staff to man armanents. |
Remarks
The 182nd Liberty ship built by the California Ship-building Corporation, she was named after an early American Journalist and first editor of the Los Angeles Times, Charles Fletcher Lummis. Laid down on 13 April she was launched on 5 May 1943. From the begining she was designated as a troop ship and was fitted out for that purpose immediately after her launch. Her log book that commenced 30 Oct 1943 and indicated that her home port was Mobile, Alabama. SHe is recorded as having shot down a plane that straffed her on 26 Nov 1944 when engaged in supporting a landing at Leyte in the Philippines.
Her first voyage had been from Los Angeles to Hobart, and then on to Karachi and Milne Bay in PNG. USAT Charles Lummis was scrapped in 1965 at Portland, Oregan.
Armament - Stern-mounted 4-in (102 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns.