USS Astoria (AK-8)

USS Astoria (ID # 2005, later AK-8) In the Panama Canal, circa January 1920 or November 1921.
History
United Kingdom
NameBurbo Bank
OwnerFenwick Shipping Co., Ltd.
BuilderJohn Blumer and Co., Sunderland, England
Launched9 April 1902
Out of service1914
German Empire
NameFrieda Leonhardt
OwnerLeonhardt & Blumberg of Hamburg, Empire of Germany
Acquired1914
FateSeized by United States Customs at Jacksonville, Florida, acquired by the Navy 22 May 1917
United States
NameUSS Astoria
NamesakeAstoria, Oregon
Acquired22 May 1917
Commissioned15 November 1917, as USS Astoria (ID 2005)
Decommissioned20 April 1921
Reclassified17 July 1920, USS Astoria (AK-8)
Identification
Fate
  • sold 20 December 1921
  • ran aground 5 May 1943 on Bantam Rock, Sheepscot Bar, ME and foundered
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Displacement7,150 long tons (7,265 t)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Draft20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple expansion steam engine
  • 1 × shaft
Speed9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Complement131 officers and enlisted
Armament

The USS Astoria (SP-2005/AK-8) was a steel-hulled, coal-burning steam cargo ship of the United States Navy.

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