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SS Arizonan soon after her completion in 1903.
History
USS ArizonanUnited States
NameUSS Arizonan
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Launched20 September 1902
CompletedEarly 1903
Acquired10 August 1918
Commissioned14 August 1918
Decommissioned29 September 1919
Stricken29 September 1919
FateReturned to owners 1919
Notes
  • In commercial service as SS Arizonan 1903–1918 and 1919–1927 or 1928, then under Japanese registry
  • Probably scrapped around end of 1920s
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship and troop transport
Tonnage8,672 Gross register tons
Displacement19,419 tons
Length490 ft 0 in (149.35 m)
Beam57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draft31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) (mean)
Installed power6,000 indicated horsepower (ihp) (4.48 megawatts (MW))
PropulsionTwo 3000-ihp (2.24 MW) steam engines, two shafts
Speed10.15 knots (maximum)
Complement70[1] or 97[2]
Armament
  • 1 × 5-inch (127-millimeter) gun
  • 1 × 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) gun
  • (guns removed ca. December 1918 – January 1919)

USS Arizonan (ID-4542A), also written ID-4542-A[3] was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919.

  1. ^ According to NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/174542a.htm.
  2. ^ Accprding to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a11/arizonan.htm
  3. ^ The designation "ID-4254-A" for her at NavSource Online (see http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/174542a.htm) almost certainly is a typographical error.

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