&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Astoria_(ID_-_2005,_later_AK-8)).jpg) USS Astoria (ID # 2005, later AK-8) In the Panama Canal, circa January 1920 or November 1921.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Burbo Bank |
| Owner | Fenwick Shipping Co., Ltd. |
| Builder | John Blumer and Co., Sunderland, England |
| Launched | 9 April 1902 |
| Out of service | 1914 |
 German Empire | |
| Name | Frieda Leonhardt |
| Owner | Leonhardt & Blumberg of Hamburg, Empire of Germany |
| Acquired | 1914 |
| Fate | Seized by United States Customs at Jacksonville, Florida, acquired by the Navy 22 May 1917 |
 United States | |
| Name | USS Astoria |
| Namesake | Astoria, Oregon |
| Acquired | 22 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 November 1917, as USS Astoria (ID 2005) |
| Decommissioned | 20 April 1921 |
| Reclassified | 17 July 1920, USS Astoria (AK-8) |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Displacement | 7,150 long tons (7,265 t) |
| Beam | 46 ft (14 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) |
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| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Complement | 131 officers and enlisted |
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The USS Astoria (SP-2005/AK-8) was a steel-hulled, coal-burning steam cargo ship of the United States Navy.
- ^ "USS Astoria (AK-7)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 27 May 2015.