S.S. Point Bonita (American freighter, 1918) on a trial trip on 22 June 1918, near the yard of her builder, the Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon. This ship was in commission as USS Point Bonita (ID-3496) from October 1918 to April 1919
History
United States
Name
Point Bonita
San Pedro
Oliver Olson
Camanga
Namesake
Point Bonita at the San Francisco Bay entrance
Camanga, one of the Philippine Islands
Ordered
by foreign owners, requisitioned by USSB 1918
Builder
Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down
29 May 1917
Launched
27 March 1918
Completed
delivered 24 June 1918
Acquired
by the Navy, 7 October 1918; reacquired 25 April 1942
Commissioned
7 October 1918 as USS Point Bonita (ID-3496)
Decommissioned
7 April 1919, at New York City
In service
25 April 1942 as USS Camanga (AG-42)
Out of service
10 December 1945, at San Francisco, California
Stricken
date unknown
Homeport
Nouméa
Identification
United States Official number: 216512[1]
Fate
Ran aground 3 November 1953 at the tip of the south jetty at Bandon, Oregon, and subsequently made part of the jetty.
General characteristics
Type
Commercial cargo ship
Tonnage
2,235 GRT
3,760 DWT[3]
Displacement
5,200 tons[2]
Length
300'
Beam
44'
Draft
21' 2"
Propulsion
triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, single screw, 1,470shp
Speed
9 knots
Complement
60 officers and enlisted
Armament
3 x 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
4 x 20mm AA gun mounts
SS Point Bonita was constructed in 1918 and launched 27 March 1918 after a hull being built for foreign owners at Albina Engine and Machine Works was requisitioned during World War I by the United States Shipping Board (USSB). The ship saw service as the Navy transport USS Point Bonita, assigned Identification Number 3496, from 7 October 1918 to 7 April 1919, was returned to the USSB and saw civilian service with several commercial companies as San Pedro and Oliver Olson before again seeing service in World War II as USS Camanga (AG-42). After return to commercial service as Oliver Olson the ship was wrecked at the entrance to Bandon harbor in Oregon.
^Colton.
^Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Point Bonita.
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