USS Lake Arthur

S.S. Lake Arthur (American Freighter, 1918), S.S. Lake Weston (American Freighter, 1918), and S.S. Lake Stirling (American Freighter, 1918) -- listed from left to right
History
Name	1918: War Plum[1] 1918: Lake Arthur 1923: Virginia Limited 1930: Valentine 1923: Sesotris
Namesake	1918: Lake Arthur, Louisiana[2]
Owner	1918: USSB 1921: Richmond–New York Steamship Co. 1925: Eastern Steamship Lines 1930: Gordon C. Leitch 1930: Helmsing and Grimm 1931: Schiffahrts A.G. Nord Ost 1932: Albert Klat 1935: Hanseatischen Reederei Emil Offen & Co.[3]
Operator	1918–1919: United States Navy as USS Lake Arthur (ID-2915)[2]
Port of registry	1918: [United States] 1921:   New York 1925:   Newport News, Virginia 1930: Middlesbrough 1930: Riga 1932: Alexandria 1935: Hamburg[3]
Builder	Detroit Shipbuilding Company Wyandotte, Michigan[1]
Yard number	217[1]
Launched	16 February 1918[1]
Commissioned	17 September 1918 at Brest, France[2]
Decommissioned	3 April 1919[2]
Fate	Scuttled in the North Sea with cargo of chemical weapons, 17 November 1945
General characteristics
Type	Design 1020 ship[4]
Tonnage	1,948 GRT[2]
Length	261 ft (80 m)[2]
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)[2]
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)[2]
Propulsion	1 x triple-expansion steam engine[1]
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h)[2]
Complement	52 (as USS Lake Arthur, 1918–19)[2]
Armament	1 x 3 in (7.6 cm) gun (World War I)[2]

SS Lake Arthur (ID-2915) was a Design 1020 cargo ship that served in the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) of the United States Navy during World War I. Originally ordered and begun under the name SS War Plum, she was renamed SS Lake Arthur by the United States Shipping Board (USSB). After her naval service, she operated commercially under a variety of names, before being scuttled in the North Sea with a load of chemical weapons in November 1945.