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Lake Weston (ID 2926)



Civilian call sign:
Love - Nan - George - Tare
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal
Acquired Laker-type Freighter:
  • Built by Detroit Shipbuilding, Wyandotte, MI (YN 218)
  • Laid down for British Government as War Swift
  • Launched, 02 March 1918
  • Completed for US Shipping Board as Lake Weston (ON 216075), March 1918
  • Operated as Army cargo transport
  • Acquired by the Navy, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS Lake Weston (ID 2926) at Cardiff, Wales, 27 November 1918
  • Went aground off Nash Point, Bristol Channel, 28 December 1919
  • Declared a total loss and stripped 1
  • Wreck sold and salvaged, 1919
  • Registered under Greek flag as Panaghis Vergottis, 1920
  • Registered under Norwegian flag to A/S Utsire, Skien, renamed Strand, 1925
  • Registered to Rederi A/S Rondo, Oslo, renamed Rondo, 1935
  • Registered to Rederi A/S Salt, Kragero, renamed Salt, 1938
  • Registered under Finnish flag to A/B Wasa Rederi, Wasa, renamed Solbritt, 1939
  • taken over by British at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, 17 June 1941
  • Registered under British flag to Ministry of War Transport, Glasgow, as Solbritt (B168692), 1941
  • Registered under Finnish flag to A/B Vasa Rederi, Wasa, 1946
  • Registered to Rederi A/B Angus, Mariehamn, 1953
  • Registered to Rederi A/B Fidelia Laiva O/Y, Helsinki, renamed Fidelia, 1955
  • Final disposition, broken up by H.I. Hansen, Odense, Denmark, 1st quarter 1959
    1. DANFS is incorrect in saying ship sank, 11 January 1919.
    Specifications:
  • Displacement 1948 gross tons, 1157 net tons
  • Length 251' 2"
  • Beam 43' 8"
  • Draft 18' 3"
  • Speed 9.5 knots
  • Complement unknown
  • Armament: unknown
  • Propulsion: One 3-cylinder triple expansion engine (20"-33"-54" x40")
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    Lake Weston
    1217292602    		 73k Lake Arthur, Lake Weston, and Lake Stirling (listed from left to right) fitting out at the Detroit Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Wyandotte, Michigan, circa spring 1918.
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 104072    		 Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR A. Erickson, USNRF28 November 1918 - ???
    Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler
    View Lake Weston (ID 2926) DANFS History entry at the Naval History & Heritage Command website
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