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Lake Gakona (ID 4409-A)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Mike - Have - Cast
Freighter:

  • Built in 1918 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 13 July 1918
  • Acquired by the Navy 22 August 1918 and commissioned the same day at Montreal, Canada
  • Decommissioned, 23 August 1919 and returned to the United States Shipping Board
  • Scrapped in 1927 by Ford Motor Co. of River Rouge, MI.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,445 t.
  • Length 261'
  • Beam 43' 6"
  • Draft 21' 1¾"
  • Speed 9 kts.
  • Complement 52
  • Propulsion: Two single ended boilers, one 1,300ihp vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Lake Gakona 50k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Lake Gakona 129k Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR Ralph M. Packer, USNRF22 August 1918
    02LCDR Thor C. Sorensen, USNRF/USN - Awarded three Legion of Merits (1943/1944/1945)1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
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