USS Felix Taussig (Id. No. 2282) at anchor in 1918 or 1919, dressed overall and painted in pattern camouflage.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Felix Taussig |
Owner | Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Company |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
Launched | 1917 |
Completed | 1917 |
Identification | Official number 214726[1] |
Fate |
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United States | |
Name | Felix Taussig |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 29 August 1918 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1918 |
Decommissioned | 26 April 1919 |
Identification | Hull number: ID-2282 |
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Italy | |
Name | Ata |
Acquired | 1948 |
Fate | Scrapped 1953 |
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy cargo ship) | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage |
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Displacement | 12,925 long tons (13,132 t) (normal) |
Length | 410 ft 6 in (125.12 m) |
Beam | 55 ft 1 in (16.79 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
Propulsion | One 2,200 ihp (1,600 kW) vertical triple expansion steam engine, three single-ended boilers, one shaft |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Capacity | 406,600 sq ft (37,770 m2) (cargo)[1] |
Complement | 62 |
Armament |
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USS Felix Taussig (ID-2282) was a cargo ship in commission in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919. She saw service during World War I. Prior to her U.S. Navy service, she operated as the American commercial cargo ship SS Felix Taussig under charter to the United States Army. During this service she mistakenly sank the U.S. Navy submarine chaser USS SC-209 in the deadliest friendly fire incident involving the U.S. Navy of World War I. Felix Taussig returned to commercial service after World War I, first as SS Felix Taussig from 1919 to 1948, then from 1948 until 1953 under the Italian flag as SS Ata.