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USAT Pak Ling

Transport:

Built in 1895 by Workman & Co.Ld., Belfast, Northern Ireland

Launched 24 July 1895

Delivered, date unknown, to the Blue Funnel Line

Acquired by the United States War Department, circa 1897

Assigned to the U.S. Army Transportation Corps

Commission USAT Pak Ling, date unknown

Pak Ling transported US Army troops to China during the Boxer Rebellion

Decommissioned, date unknown

Reacquired in 1902 by Blue Funnel Line with the China Mutual Steam Navigation fleet

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1923

Specifications:
Displacement 4,614 gross tons, 2,952 net tons
Length 410'
Beam 48.1'
Draft 27.4
Speed 13.5 kts
Complement unknown dt>Propulsion

two boilers

one 3 cyl triple expansion steam engine, 600hp

single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
301309101	73k	USAT Pak Ling transporting U.S. troops and horses out of Seattle en route for China, 5 August 1900 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEP0122], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.		University of Washington Digital Collection

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