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Hoxbar (ID 4341)



Civilian call sign:
Love - Rush - King - Mike

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Item - Tare - Jig
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal
Acquired Tanker:
  • Built by by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Sparrows Point, MD (YN 4179)
  • Laid down, May 1918
  • Launched, 15 February 1919
  • Acquired and comissioned by the Navy at Sparrows Point, 13 June 1919
  • Decommissioned at Newport News, VA, 28 August 1919
  • Returned to the United States Shipping Board and struck from the Navy Register same day
  • Registered to Malston Co., Inc,, Wilmington, DE (ON 218221), 1924
  • Registered to Farr Spinning & Operating Co. Inc., Wilmington, DE, 1941
  • Registered to Mexico Shipping & Trading Co., Wilmington, DE, renamed Vera Cruz, 1941
  • Registered under Mexican flag to Petroleos Mexicanos SA, Tampico, as Veracruz, 1947
  • Final disposition, broken up by Astilleros de Veracruz, May 1964
    Specifications:
    Hull Steel
    Displacement 7156 gross tons, 4364 net tons
    Length 434' 8" wl, 453' 0' oa
    Beam 56' 0"
    Draft 26' 0"
    Speed 11 knots
    Complement 71
    Armament
    unknown
    Propulsion
    triple expansion steam engines (27" 47" 78" x 48")
    2600hp
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Hoxbar
    1217434101    		 470k Ready for launching at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland, on 15 February 1919
    U.S. Navy photo NH 53595    		 NHHC
    Hoxbar
    12174341012    		 160k Hoxbar, at left, and other American ships moored at Punta Delgada, Azores, 04 July 1919.
    		 Dave Wright
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR Maurice Eugene Huntley, USNRF 13 June 1919 - 28 August 1919
    Courtesy Dave Wright
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