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Zirkel (ID 3407)



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

  • Built in 1918 by the Moore Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA
  • Acquired by the Navy 27 September 1918
  • Commissioned 28 September 1918 at San Francisco, CA
  • Decommissioned 3 May 1919 at Philadelphia, PA, returned to the United States Shipping Board and struck from the Navy list
  • Scrapped in 1929 at Baltimore, MD.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 12,600 t.
  • Length 416' 6"
  • Beam 53'
  • Draft 26' 5"
  • Speed 11 kts.
  • Complement 62
  • Propulsion: Four oil fired Heine boilers, one 2,800shp DeLaval steam turbine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Zirkel 94k Photographed on builder's trials near Oakland, California, on 25 September 1918
    Naval Historical Center photos NH 65052 and NH 105271    		 Robert Hurst
    Zirkel 103k
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