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Zaca (ID 3792)



Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Pup - Jig - George
Freighter:

  • The first Zaca was built in 1918 by the Moore and Scott Shipbuilding Co., Oakland, CA
  • Acquired by the Navy 30 December 1918 and commissioned the same day at Oakland
  • Decommissioned 12 May 1919 at New York, returned to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and struck from the Navy list
  • Operated under the flag of the USSB until the latter half of 1925, when her name disappears from shipping registers
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 12,600 t.
  • Length 416' 6"
  • Beam 53'
  • Draft 26' 5¼"
  • Speed 11 kts.
  • Complement 70
  • Propulsion: Four Heine oil fired boilers, one 2,800shp De Laval steam turbine, one shaft.
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    Zaca 107k Shown on builder's trials on 20 December 1918
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 65080    		 Robert Hurst
    Zaca 120k The refrigerated cargo ship SS Oskawa (later USS Oskawa [ID 3797]) photographed on 24 December 1918 inboard of a non-refrigerated sister, SS Zaca, at the yard of their builder, Moore Shipbuilding Co, Oakland, California
    National Archives photo from Shipscribe.com
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    DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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