USS Katrina Luckenbach (ID-3020) was a cargo ship and troop transport that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.

Katrina Luckenbach in May 1918, around the time of her completion.
History
United States
NameUSS Katrina Luckenbach
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched22 February 1918
Completed1918
Acquired18 May 1918
Commissioned18 May 1918
Decommissioned25 November 1919
Fate
  • Returned to owner 25 November 1919
  • Placed in commercial service
  • Scrapped 1953
NotesServed as commercial cargo ship SS Katrina Luckenbach 1919-1953
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship and troop transport
Tonnage8,074 Gross register tons
Displacement16,000 tons
Length468 ft 3 in (142.72 m)
Beam55 ft 11 in (17.04 m)
Draft30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
PropulsionSteam turbine
Speed14 knots
Complement91
Armament

History

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SS Katrina Luckenbach was built as a commercial cargo ship at Quincy, Massachusetts, by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation for Luckenbach Steamship Company of New York City. Launched on 11 February 1918, she was delivered to Luckenbach in 1918. Soon after her delivery, the U.S. Navy acquired her from Luckenbach on 18 May 1918 for World War I service under a bareboat charter. Assigned Identification Number (Id. No.) 3020, she was commissioned on the day she was acquired as USS Katrina Luckenbach.

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Katrina Luckenbach departed New York City on 10 June 1918, under the command of Lieutenant Bird Henry Stearns, with a cargo of United States Army supplies for American forces in France. She returned to the United States on 16 August 1918, then underwent repairs. The war ended on 11 November 1918, before her repairs were complete.

In December 1918, Katrina Luckenbach was transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force for postwar use as a troop transport to assist in returning American troops from Europe. After conversion into a transport, she departed Boston, Massachusetts, on 15 June 1919 with cargo for France. Upon her return to New York, Katrina Luckenbach was decommissioned on 25 November 1919 and was returned to Luckenbach the same day.

Once again SS Katrina Luckenbach, she entered service as a commercial cargo ship. She remained in commercial service until scrapped in 1953.

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