.jpg) SS Alaskan, probably at the time of her completion in 1902.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Alaskan |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Launched | 14 May 1901 |
| Completed | 1902 |
| Acquired | 12 March 1918 |
| Commissioned | 23 March 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 5 August 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owners 5 August 1919 |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship and troop transport |
| Tonnage | 8,672 Gross register tons |
| Displacement | 19,419 long tons (19,731 t) |
| Length | 490 ft 0 in (149.35 m) |
| Beam | 57 ft 2 in (17.42 m) |
| Draft | 31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) (aft) |
| Installed power | 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Propulsion | Two 3000-ihp (2.24 MW) steam engines, two shafts |
| Speed | 10.15 knots (18.80 km/h; 11.68 mph) (maximum) |
| Complement | 94 |
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USS Alaskan (ID-4542) was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919.