USS Alloway undergoing builder's trials on 5 July 1918, probably in San Francisco Bay. She is flying the flag of her builder, the Moore Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California, from a short flagmast on her forecastle. The United States Shipping Board flag is flying from her forward mast, and a flag bearing her name is at the top of her after mast. Note the ship's dazzle camouflage scheme.
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History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | as Shintaka |
Builder | Moore & Scott, Oakland, California |
Laid down | 1918 |
Launched | 14 March 1918 |
Acquired | 11 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 12 July 1918 |
Decommissioned | 3 March 1919 |
Stricken | 3 March 1919 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 6,113 GRT[1] 4,383 NRT[1] |
Displacement | 12,600 long tons (12,800 t) |
Length | 416 ft 6 in (126.95 m) |
Beam | 53 ft 0 in (16.15 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) (aft) |
Speed | 12+1⁄2 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Complement | 70 |
Armament |
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USS Alloway (Id. No. 3139) was a United States Navy Design 1015 ship cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 that served during World War I and its immediate aftermath. After decommissioning, she served as the commercial cargo ship SS Alloway until she was wrecked in 1929.