A damaged photograph of SS Los Angeles in 1916 or 1917, prior to her United States Navy service.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS Los Angeles |
Namesake | Los Angeles, California |
Owner | Union Oil Company of California |
Operator | Union Oil Company of California |
Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
Completed | 1916 |
Fate | Chartered to U.S. Navy 1917 |
Acquired | Returned by U.S. Navy 17 January 1919 |
Renamed | SS Toteco 1941 |
Fate | Scrapped 1966 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | USS Los Angeles |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Operator | United States Navy |
Acquired | 1917 |
Commissioned | 9 August 1917 |
Decommissioned | 17 January 1919 |
Fate | Returned to owner 17 January 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tanker |
Tonnage | 6,876 Gross register tons |
Displacement | 10,700 tons |
Length | 435 ft (133 m) between perpendiculars |
Beam | 56 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine, one shaft |
Speed | 10 knots |
Complement | 72 |
Armament |
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The first USS Los Angeles (ID-1470) was a tanker in commission in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. she served during World War I.