USS Willimantic
Willimantic being launched as a merchant cargo ship at the Todd Drydock and Construction Company at Seattle, Washington, on 29 May 1918 with her bow heavily decorated and the tug Prosper, of Seattle, standing by. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Willimantic |
| Builder | Todd Drydock and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington |
| Launched | 29 May 1918 |
| Completed | October 1918 |
| Acquired | 2 November 1918 |
| Commissioned | 2 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 21 April 1919 |
| Fate | Transferred to US Shipping Board 21 April 1919 |
| Notes | In US Shipping Board and US Maritime Commission custody 1919–1942. |
| History | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | SS Willimantic |
| Operator | Lamport and Holt Line for MoWT |
| Acquired | early 1942 |
| Out of service | 24 June 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk by shellfire |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 10,690 long tons (10,862 t) normal |
| Length | 396 ft 0 in (120.70 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft 0 in (16.15 m) waterline |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) aft |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 339 NHP |
| Propulsion | triple-expansion engine |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Submarine signalling |
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USS Willimantic (ID-3549) was a cargo steamship. She was built in 1918 and served in United States Navy commission from 1918 to 1919. She was transferred to United Kingdom Ministry of War Transport service in 1942 and sunk by enemy action in June of that year.