USS Munwood
Cargo steamship that served in the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Munwood (ID-4460) was a cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1914 and was part of the United States Merchant Marine until 1928. From 1918 to 1919 she served in the United States Navy. In 1928 Yugoslav interests bought her and renamed her Vila. In 1935 she sank as the result of a collision in the Adriatic Sea.
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A painting of Munwood in US Navy service | |
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Builder | Scotts Sb & Eng Co, Greenock |
Yard number | 457 |
Launched | 7 May 1914 |
Completed | 1914 |
Acquired | for US Navy, 16 October 1918 |
Commissioned | by US Navy, 26 October 1918 |
Decommissioned | by US Navy, 3 March 1919 |
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Fate | sank after collision, 1935 |
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Type | cargo ship |
Tonnage | 3,190 GRT, 2,035 NRT, 5,400 DWT |
Displacement | 8,516 tons |
Length | 345.0 ft (105.2 m) |
Beam | 48.0 ft (14.6 m) |
Draft | 22 ft 3+1⁄2 in (6.79 m) |
Depth | 24.2 ft (7.4 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 320 NHP |
Propulsion | triple-expansion engine |
Speed | 11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Complement | in US Navy service, 87 |
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