&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Chatham_alias_USS_Margaret_ID-2510.jpg) SS Margaret (American freighter, 1916) photographed on 6 April 1916, around the time of the ship's completion at Sparrows Point, Maryland.
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Margaret, later named Chatham |
| Namesake | Chatham: Counties in Georgia and North Carolina; many cities and towns in the United States. |
| Owner | A.H. Bull Steamship Company of New York City |
| Builder | Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland |
| Launched | 20 March 1916 |
| Acquired | by the Navy, 13 March 1918 |
| Commissioned | 26 March 1918 as USS Margaret (ID 2510) |
| Decommissioned | 10 February 1919 at New York City |
| Renamed | USS Chatham (ID-2510) on 18 April 1918 |
| Stricken | 1919 (est.) |
| Fate | Transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board for return to her owners |
| Notes | Sunk by German submarine U-571 on 14 April 1942 off Cape Hatteras |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Freighter |
| Tonnage | 3,372 gross tons |
| Displacement | 7,523 tons |
| Length | 338 ft (103 m) |
| Beam | 46 ft 2 in (14.07 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 70 |
| Armament |
|
USS Margaret (ID-2510) – shortly thereafter known as USS Chatham (ID-2510) -- was a cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was used to carry cargo to Allied troops in Europe until the war's end when she was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board for disposition.