USS Lake Arthur
S.S. Lake Arthur (American Freighter, 1918), S.S. Lake Weston (American Freighter, 1918), and S.S. Lake Stirling (American Freighter, 1918) -- listed from left to right | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | 1918: Lake Arthur, Louisiana |
| Owner |
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| Operator | 1918–1919: United States Navy as USS Lake Arthur (ID-2915) |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | |
| Yard number | 217 |
| Launched | 16 February 1918 |
| Commissioned | 17 September 1918 at Brest, France |
| Decommissioned | 3 April 1919 |
| Fate | Scuttled in the North Sea with cargo of chemical weapons, 17 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Design 1020 ship |
| Tonnage | 1,948 GRT |
| Length | 261 ft (80 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 x triple-expansion steam engine |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Complement | 52 (as USS Lake Arthur, 1918–19) |
| Armament | 1 x 3 in (7.6 cm) gun (World War I) |
SS Lake Arthur (ID-2915) was a Design 1020 cargo ship that served in the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) of the United States Navy during World War I. Originally ordered and begun under the name SS War Plum, she was renamed SS Lake Arthur by the United States Shipping Board (USSB). After her naval service, she operated commercially under a variety of names, before being scuttled in the North Sea with a load of chemical weapons in November 1945.