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USS Munplace

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SS Munplace (ID-2346), probably around the time of her completion in 1916.
History
United States
NameMunplace
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderMaryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Launched10 April 1916
Completed9 May 1916
Acquired31 August 1918
Commissioned31 August 1918
Decommissioned15 February 1919
FateTransferred to United States Shipping Board 15 February 1919 for simultaneous return to owners
Notes
  • In commercial service as SS Munalbro 1916-1918 and 1919-1939
  • Scrapped 1939
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage3,315 Gross register tons
Displacement7,345 tons (normal)
Length328 ft 6 in (100.13 m)
Beam46 ft 2 in (14.07 m)
Draft21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed11 knots
Complement93
Armament2 × 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) guns

USS Munplace (ID-2346) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.

SS Munplace was built as a commercial cargo ship by the Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point, Maryland, in 1916, for the Munson Steamship Line. She was delivered to Munson on 9 May 1916 and entered mercantile service. The U.S. Navy acquired Munplace from Munson for World War I service on 31 August 1918, assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 2346, and commissioned her as USS Munplace at Newport News, Virginia, the same day.

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS), Munplace was loaded with a cargo of United States Army supplies, made a transatlantic crossing to France in convoy, and arrived at Rochefort, France, on 4 October 1918. Proceeding to La Pallice, France, she discharged her cargo, went on to Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, and returned to the United States, arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, on 10 November 1918. World War I ended the next day.

In December 1918, Munplace departed Norfolk and delivered another U.S. Army cargo to La Pallice. She then returned to the United States, arriving at Newport News in January 1919

On 15 February 1919 Munplace was decommissioned and delivered to the United States Shipping Board for simultaneous return to Munson Steamship Line. She returned to mercantile service as SS Munplace, remaining in commercial use until she was scrapped at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1939.

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