- USS Long Beach (AK-9)
USS Long Beach (AK-9) was an "Long Beach"-class
cargo ship acquired by theU.S. Navy for service inWorld War I .Seizing a German freighter
The first Long Beach commissioned by the Navy, (No. 2136) was built as "SS Yarrowdale" by William Pickersgill & Sons, Sunderland, England, in 1892; renamed "SS Nicolas Castriotis" in
1902 and, while in German service, "SS Hohenfelde" in1912 ; seized by USSB6 April 1917 atSavannah, Georgia ; acquired by the Navy the same day; and commissioned atCharleston, South Carolina ,20 December 1917 , Lt. Comdr. E. Nelson,USNRF , in command.World War I North Atlantic operations
Assigned to Train, special service, "Long Beach" delivered lumber from
Jacksonville, Florida , toPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania , from26 December 1917 to9 January 1918 , then sailed fromNorfolk, Virginia ,4 February forDublin, Ireland , arriving3 March to join the Army’s Cross Channel Service. She carried coal fromEngland andIreland to French ports for use by American troops until23 April 1919 , when she cleared Dublin with a cargo of aviation materiel for Norfolk, arriving13 May .Post-war operations
After overhaul at Philadelphia, "Long Beach" joined
NOTS , home ported at Norfolk. She carried coal toPortsmouth, New Hampshire ;Boston, Massachusetts ; andKey West, Florida , with a voyage to theWest Indies to supply marine detachments early in1920 , and again the next fall.Decommissioning
She cleared Norfolk
19 December forMelville, Rhode Island , with coal, then enteredBoston Navy Yard where she decommissioned26 April 1921 . On24 May 1922 she was sold to Mr. B. L. Stafford of New York.References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l8/long_beach-i.htm
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/13/130009.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - SP-2136 / AK-9 Long Beach]
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