USS Felix Taussig

USS Felix Taussig (Id. No. 2282) at anchor in 1918 or 1919, dressed overall and painted in pattern camouflage.
History
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	Requisitioned by Emergency Fleet Corporation Chartered by United States Army Transferred to United States Navy 29 August 1918 Returned by U.S. Navy 26 April 1919 Sold 1948
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
Fate	Transferred to United States Shipping Board 26 April 1919 Returned to owners 26 April 1919
Italy
Name	Ata
Acquired	1948
Fate	Scrapped 1953
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy cargo ship)
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	5,965 gross register tons[1] 3,736 net register tons[1]
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	1 × 4-inch (102 mm)/50 gun (aft) 1 × 3-inch (76.2 mm)/50 gun (forward)

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.