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Isabela (SP 1035)


Cargo Ship: Built in 1911 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, VA; Acquired by the Navy, 9 April 1918; Commissioned, 12 April 1918; Decommissioned, 14 February 1919 and transferred to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) for return to her owner. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 7, 050 t.; Length 347' 8"; Beam 46' 9"; Draft 20' 6"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 62; Armament one 5" and one 3".
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Isabela was a freighter launched in 1911 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va. transferred to the Navy from USSB 9 April 1918; and commissioned 12 April 1918, Lt. Comdr. A. E. Strumm, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to NOTS, Isabela loaded cargo at New York and Halifax and sailed for France 27 April 1918. She arrived at Brest 13 May with supplies which were vitally needed for the final Allied offensive. Isabela made a total of three voyages to France prior to the signing of the Armistice 11 November 1918.

After an overhaul at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Isabela departed for her final cruise to Europe 23 November. She arrived at LeHavre, France 8 December, and visited Plymouth, England, in early January 1919. Upon her return passege from Plymouth, which began 7 January, she picked a crew from an unseaworthy schooner and transported them to safety. Isabela arrived Baltimore 27 January, decommissioned 14 February 1919, and was returned to USSB for return to her owner the New York and Porto Rico S.S. Co.


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