SS Virginian in San Francisco Bay sometime between 1908 and 1917.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Virginian |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Builder | Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Launched | 11 February 1903 |
Completed | 1903 |
Acquired | Early 1919 |
Commissioned | 1 February 1919 |
Decommissioned | 19 August 1919 |
Fate | Returned to owner 19 August 1919 |
Notes |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Troop transport |
Tonnage | 7,914 Gross register tons |
Length | 492 ft 0 in (149.96 m) |
Beam | 58 ft 3 in (17.75 m) |
Draft | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engines, two shafts |
Troops | 4,771 |
Complement | 106 |
Armament | None |
USS Virginian (ID-3920) was a United States Navy troop transport in commission in 1919.[1]