USS Moccasin (ID-1322)
The ship at an unknown date, with "Prinz Joachim" faintly legible on her starboard bow | |
| History | |
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| Namesake |
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| Owner |
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| Operator | 1920: Munson Steamship Line |
| Port of registry | |
| Route | |
| Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg |
| Yard number | 218 |
| Launched | 21 March 1903 |
| Completed | 4 October 1903 |
| Commissioned | into US Navy, 26 February 1918 |
| Decommissioned | from US Navy, 2 June 1919 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | scrapped 1933–34 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Prinz-class cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 4,760 GRT, 2,981 NRT, 4,704 DWT |
| Displacement | 9,060 tons |
| Length | 370.8 ft (113.0 m) |
| Beam | 45.2 ft (13.8 m) |
| Draft | 1 ft 0 in (0.3 m) |
| Depth | 25.2 ft (7.7 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 381 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Capacity | by 1912: 92,865 cu ft (2,630 m3) refrigerated holds |
| Complement | 174 |
| Armament | |
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USS Moccasin (ID-1322) was a cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1903 as Prinz Joachim. The US seized her in 1917. In 1918–19, she was renamed Moccasin and briefly served in the United States Navy. In 1920, she was returned to US merchant service and renamed Porto Rico. She was scrapped in 1933 or 1934.
As Prinz Joachim, the ship took relief to Jamaica after the 1907 Kingston earthquake, and she contributed to relief after the 1910 Costa Rica earthquakes. She survived running aground off Jamaica in 1910 and in the Bahamas in 1911.