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Photo # NH 65136: S.S. Munplace, later USS Munplace (ID # 2346), circa 1916

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S.S. Munplace (American Freighter, 1916)
Served as USS Munplace (ID # 2346) in 1918-1919.

Munplace, a 3315 gross ton (7345 tons displacement) freighter, was built at Sparrows Point, Maryland, in 1916. The Navy placed her in commission at New York on 31 August 1918 as USS Munplace (ID # 2346). After loading an Army cargo the ship departed New York in September in a convoy for Bordeaux, France, but had to put back to New York for repairs. Soon sailing with a convoy for Rochefort, France, Munplace delivered her cargo at La Pallice, France, in October. She carried another Army cargo from Norfolk, Virginia, to La Pallice in December 1918 and returned to Newport News in January 1919. USS Munplace was decommissioned on 15 February 1919 and delivered to the U.S. Shipping Board for simultaneous return to her owners, the Munson Steamship Company of New York City. Following two more decades of commercial operation S.S. Munplace was scrapped at Baltimore in 1939.

This page features all available views concerning the American freighter Munplace, which became USS Munplace (ID # 2346) in 1918-1919.


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Photo #: NH 65136

S.S. Munplace (American freighter, 1916)

Photographed by W. J. Groeninger of Baltimore, Maryland, probably around the time that the ship was completed at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by the Maryland Steel Company. She was in commission as USS Munplace (ID # 2346) from 31 August 1918 to 15 February 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 105276

S.S. Munplace (American freighter, 1916)

This freighter was in commission as USS Munplace (ID # 2346) from 31 August 1918 to 15 February 1919. This photo may have been taken around the time of her inspection by the Third Naval District on 18 February 1918. The ship had two 3"/50 guns, one of which is clearly visible on the bow.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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