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USS Edgar F. Luckenbach

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was assigned a Navy registry Identification Number (Id. No.) -- in her case Id. No. 4597—but she appears to have received this designation retrospectively, several years after the conclusion of her U.S. Navy service. It was highest of the many identification numbers in the SP/ID series given to
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in the aftermath of World War I. She was converted into a troop transport, and from 1 March 1919 to 14 October 1919 she made five such voyages to France.
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service in 1917, and she spent about a year operating for the Army with a U.S. Navy
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Like most commercial ships commissioned by the U.S. Navy for World War I service,
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private and commercial ships commissioned during and just after the war.
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in 1919 with her decks crowded with troops returning to the
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to bring home sick, wounded, and convalescent troops from
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For other ships with "Luckenbach" in their names, see
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there and returned to her owner on 30 October 1919.
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Chartered troopship of the US Navy (from 1918–1919)
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Index

USS Luckenbach

Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Newport News, Virginia
Cargo ship
troop transport
Gross register tons
Steam engine
knots
cargo ship
troop transport
United States Navy

United States
Europe
World War I
Edgar Fredrick Luckenbach, Sr.
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
United States Army
World War I
Naval Armed Guard
commissioned
New Orleans
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
convoy
New York City
France
cargo
Le Verdon-sur-Mer

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