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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Hatteras |
| Namesake | An inlet on the coast of North Carolina. |
| Owner | Cunard Line |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipping Corp. of Sparrows Point, Maryland |
| Launched | 20 November 1917 |
| Commissioned | 23 October 1917 at Baltimore, Maryland |
| Decommissioned | 8 April 1919 at New York City |
| Fate | Returned to the United States Shipping Board 8 April 1919, retained until she was abandoned in 1938 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | freighter |
| Displacement | 10,505 tons |
| Length | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft 10 in (7.26 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
The second USS Hatteras was a Cunard Line freighter acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I and was used to transport men and war materials to France. Post-war she was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board as redundant to needs.