USS Alloway (ID-3139)
USS Alloway undergoing builder's trials on 5 July 1918, probably in San Francisco Bay. She is flying the flag of her builder, the Moore Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California, from a short flagmast on her forecastle. The United States Shipping Board flag is flying from her forward mast, and a flag bearing her name is at the top of her after mast. Note the ship's dazzle camouflage scheme. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Ordered | as Shintaka |
| Builder | Moore & Scott, Oakland, California |
| Laid down | 1918 |
| Launched | 14 March 1918 |
| Acquired | 11 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 12 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 3 March 1919 |
| Stricken | 3 March 1919 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,113 GRT 4,383 NRT |
| Displacement | 12,600 long tons (12,800 t) |
| Length | 416 ft 6 in (126.95 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft 0 in (16.15 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) (aft) |
| Speed | 12+1⁄2 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Complement | 70 |
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USS Alloway (Id. No. 3139) was a United States Navy Design 1015 ship cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 that served during World War I and its immediate aftermath. After decommissioning, she served as the commercial cargo ship SS Alloway until she was wrecked in 1929.