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Cacique (ID 2213)
Civilian call sign:
Love - Dog - Watch - King
Freighter:
Built in 1910 by Short Brothers Co., Sunderland, England
Acquired by the Navy 18 August 1918
Commissioned 19 August 1918
Decommissioned 24 March 1919 at Baltimore, MD, struck from the Navy Register and returned to the United States Shipping Board for return to her owners
Scrapped in 1934 at Osaka, Japan.
Specifications:
Displacement 6,202 t.
Length 394' 2"
Beam 52' 3"
Draft 27' 11"
Speed 10.5 kts.
Complement 70
Armament: One 5"/51 mount and one 6-pounder
Propulsion: Three single ended and one auxiliary boiler, one 2,500hp vertical quadruple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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In port, possibly when she was inspected by the 12th Naval District on 27 December 1917
U.S. Navy photo NH 70468
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