USS Lenape
USS Lenape (ID-2700) on 20 August 1918. Note the coal barges and Lenape's open coaling doors. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Lenape (ID-2700) |
| Builder |
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| Launched | 1912 |
| Acquired | 10 April 1918 |
| Commissioned | 24 April 1918 |
| Decommissioned | before 28 October 1918 |
| Stricken | before 28 October 1918 |
| Fate | returned to U.S. Army, 28 October 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 3,389 GRT |
| Displacement | 7,000 t |
| Length | 398 ft (121 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Troops |
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| Complement | 226 |
| Armament |
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USS Lenape (ID-2700) was a troop transport for the United States Navy in 1918, during World War I. She was launched in 1912 as SS Lenape, a passenger steamer for the Clyde Line. After the entry of the United States into World War I in 1917, she was chartered by the United States Army as transport USAT Lenape. After her Navy service ended in October 1918, she was returned to the Army.