SS Absaroka

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USS Absaroka (ID-2518) probably photographed upon completion of construction, circa 1917
History
NameUSS Absaroka
NamesakeAbsaroka Range
BuilderSkinner & Eddy, Seattle, Washington
Launched1917
Commissioned17 September 1918
Decommissioned4 March 1919
FateReturned to United States Shipping Board
General characteristics
Displacement12,397 long tons (12,596 t)
Length423 ft 9 in (129.16 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Draft24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Speed11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)
Complement70
Armament
  • 1 × 6 in (150 mm) gun
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

USS Absaroka was a steamer in the service of the United States Navy, named after the Absaroka Range of mountains in Montana and Wyoming.

Absaroka was built in 1917 for the United States Shipping Board by Skinner & Eddy Company, Seattle, Washington, taken over by the Navy on a bare boat basis on 17 September 1918, and commissioned that same day, Lt. Comdr. O. W. Hughes in command.

Absaroka was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service following her commissioning. Between October 1918 and February 1919, the ship made two transatlantic voyages carrying Army cargo to ports in France, England, and the Netherlands. During her second trip, Absaroka rescued the captain and crew of the disabled British steamer War Marvel and landed them safely at Falmouth, England.

The ship arrived in New York City on 12 February 1919 and was immediately drydocked for overhaul. Absaroka was decommissioned on 4 March 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board.

She was owned at the beginning of World War II by McCormick Steamship Company being used as a lumber carrier. She was torpedoed and damaged by the Japanese submarine I-19 off Point Fermin, California, and beached off Fort MacArthur on December 24, 1941. This was one of the opening incidents of what is called the Battle of Los Angeles. SS Emidio and SS Montebello were attacked and sank off the West Coast of the United States. Ships off the California coast were attacked: SS Agwiworld (escaped), SS Samoa (escaped),[1] SS Larry Doheny (sank), SS Dorothy Phillips (damaged), SS H.M. Storey (escaped, sank later), SS Camden (sank), SS SS Barbara Olson (escaped), SS Connecticut (damaged), SS Fort Camosun (Sank), and SS Idaho [tanker] (minor damage).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]



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References

  1. ^ SS Samoa attacked
  2. ^ militarymuseum.org SS Agwiworld
  3. ^ militarymuseum.org The Attacks on the SS Barbara Olson and SS Absoroka
  4. ^ SS Fort Camosun Sank
  5. ^ SS Agwiworld attacked
  6. ^ wrecksite.eu SS Camden
  7. ^ Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, SS Camden
  8. ^ 1942 Navy Department. Summary of Statements by Survivors SS Camden, United States Tanker, 6653 G.T., Charles Kurzand Company, Philadelphia, under Charter to Shell Oil Company
  9. ^ SS H.M. Storey attacked
  10. ^ SS H.M. Storey attacked
  11. ^ SS Idaho tanker damaged
  12. ^ SS Connecticut tanker damaged
  13. ^ WORLD WAR COMES TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY by Jack Bareilles
  14. ^ militarymuseum.org, The Attacks on the SS Barbara Olson and SS Absoroka


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