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UNITED STATES NAVY
TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS
WORLD WAR I
TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS
WORLD WAR I
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Merauke (ID # 2498), 1918-1919.
Originally the civilian steamship Merauke (Dutch Freighter,
1911)
USS Merauke, a 13,235-ton steam cargo ship, was built in 1911 at Flushing, the Netherlands, as the civilian freighter of the same name. Interned at New York during the first years of World War I, she was seized by the U.S. Government in March 1918 and turned over to the Navy, which placed her in commission later in that month for service with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. During the remainder of the conflict, and during the first months following the November 1918 Armistice, Merauke made four round-trip crossings of the Atlantic, taking supplies and equipment to Europe. In April 1919, she arrived at Rotterdam at the conclusion of her final voyage as a U.S. Navy ship. USS Merauke was decommissioned there in May 1919 and returned to her owners.
This page features all available views of USS Merauke (ID # 2498).
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Photo #: NH 102028 USS Merauke (ID # 2498) Photographed during World War I. Built in 1911, the Dutch freighter Merauke was taken over by the Navy on 21 March 1918 and commissioned on 28 March 1918. She was returned to her owner on 8 May 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 72KB; 545 x 765 pixels |
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Photo #: None S.S. Merauke (Dutch Freighter, 1911) Photographed in Dutch commercial service. Source: www.wivonet.nl/pagtwee17.htm (in 2007) |
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Photo #: None S.S. Merauke (Dutch Freighter, 1911) Photographed in Dutch commercial service. Source: www.wivonet.nl/pagtwee17.htm (in 2007) |
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