_in_port.jpg) USS F. J. Luckenbach at Boston, Massachusetts, on 18 June 1919.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS F. J. Luckenbach |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 15 September 1917 |
| Completed | 28 November 1917 |
| Acquired | 9 January 1918 |
| Commissioned | 9 January 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 18 August 1919 |
| Fate |
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| Notes | Served as commercial cargo ship SS F. J. Luckenbach 1919–1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship and troop transport |
| Tonnage | 8,074 Gross register tons |
| Displacement | 15,650 tons (normal) |
| Length | 468 ft 4 in (142.75 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 13 knots |
| Complement | 92 |
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USS F. J. Luckenbach (ID-2160) was a cargo ship and troop transport that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919. SS F. J. Luckenbach was built as a commercial cargo ship at Quincy, Massachusetts, by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation for Luckenbach Steamship Company of New York City. Launched on 15 September 1917, she was delivered to Luckenbach on 28 November 1917. She then came under the control of the United States Shipping Board. The Shipping Board transferred her to the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 9 January 1918. Assigned Identification Number (Id. No.) 2160, she was commissioned the same day as USS F. J. Luckenbach .