USS Challenger (ID-3630)
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USS Challenger was a U.S. freighter
. It was commissioned by the U.S. Navy between 1918 and 1919 for service during World War I.
She was built in 1918 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., under a United States Shipping Board
contract. The US Navy accepted delivery on 4 October 1918 and she was commissioned the same day with Lieutenant Commander G. T. January, USNRF, in command. She then reported to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
Challenger cleared San Francisco 9 October 1918 for Mejillones and Antofagasta, Chile, where she loaded nitrates. Sailing on to deliver her cargo at Pensacola, Fla., 11 December, Challenger was next ordered to New Orleans to load cotton and steel for the French government. She was transferred to J. H. W. Steele Co. for operation. After a voyage in January and February 1919 carrying cargo to France to supply the Army of Occupation, Challenger returned to Baltimore, Md. She was decommissioned there 2 May 1919, and returned to the United States Shipping Board the same day.
On 17 May 1942 while serving with American-South African Line during World War II, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-155.
Cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...
. It was commissioned by the U.S. Navy between 1918 and 1919 for service during World War I.
She was built in 1918 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif., under a United States Shipping Board
United States Shipping Board
The United States Shipping Board was established as an emergency agency by the Shipping Act , 7 September 1916. It was formally organized 30 January 1917. It was sometimes referred to as the War Shipping Board.http://www.gwpda.org/wwi-www/Hurley/bridgeTC.htm | The Bridge To France by Edward N....
contract. The US Navy accepted delivery on 4 October 1918 and she was commissioned the same day with Lieutenant Commander G. T. January, USNRF, in command. She then reported to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
Challenger cleared San Francisco 9 October 1918 for Mejillones and Antofagasta, Chile, where she loaded nitrates. Sailing on to deliver her cargo at Pensacola, Fla., 11 December, Challenger was next ordered to New Orleans to load cotton and steel for the French government. She was transferred to J. H. W. Steele Co. for operation. After a voyage in January and February 1919 carrying cargo to France to supply the Army of Occupation, Challenger returned to Baltimore, Md. She was decommissioned there 2 May 1919, and returned to the United States Shipping Board the same day.
On 17 May 1942 while serving with American-South African Line during World War II, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-155.