USS Charlton Hall (ID-1359)

SS Charlton Hall ca. 1918, prior to her U.S. Navy service.
Career (United States)
Name:	USS Charlton Hall
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	William Hamilton and Company, Port Glasgow, Scotland
Completed:	1907
Acquired:	10 June 1918
Commissioned:	14 June 1918
Decommissioned:	29 January 1919
Fate:	Transferred to United States Shipping Board 3 February 1919 for return to owner
Notes:	In commercial service as SS Charlton Hall 1907-1918 and 1919-1930, as SS Atlantis 1930, and as SS Anastasis 1930-1934 Scrapped 4 April 1934[1]
General characteristics
Type:	Cargo ship
Tonnage:	4,749 gross tons
Displacement:	11,300 tons
Length:	412 ft 6 in (125.73 m)
Beam:	50 ft (15 m)[2] or 60 ft (18 m)[3]
Draft:	25 ft 5 in (7.75 m)
Installed power:	2,200 indicated horsepower
Propulsion:	Steam engine, one shaft
Speed:	11 knots
Complement:	62
Armament:	Either 1 x 5-inch (127-millimeter)[4] or 1 x 6-inch (152-millimeter) gun;[5] 1 x 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) gun

USS Charlton Hall (ID-1359) was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Charlton Hall was built as the commercial cargo ship SS Charlton Hall in 1907 at Port Glasgow, Scotland, by William Hamilton and Company for C. G. Dunn and Company of Liverpool, England. She was the property of the United States Steel Products Company of New York City by the time the United States entered World War I in 1917. At some point after that, the United States Shipping Board took control of her for war service.

The Shipping Board transferred Charlton Hall to the U.S. Navy on 10 June 1918. The Navy assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 1359 and commissioned her as USS Charlton Hall on 14 June 1918 with Lieutenant Commander J. L. Evans, USNRF, in command.

Serving with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in support of U.S. forces in Europe -- the American Expeditionary Force during the war and the Army of Occupation after it ended -- Charlton Hall made three voyages from New York City to ports in France carrying general cargo between 17 June 1918 and 23 December 1918.

Charlton Hall was decommissioned at Newport News, Virginia, on 29 January 1919. On 3 February 1919 she was transferred to the United States Shipping Board at New York City for return to the United States Steel Products Company.

Charlton Hall returned to commercial service, once again as SS Charlton Hall. In 1930 she was sold to M. Kulukundis of Syra, Greece, and renamed SS Atlantis, then sold again later in 1930 to K. Psychas of Syra and renamed SS Anastasis.

Anastasis was scrapped on 4 April 1934^[6] at Shanghai, China.

Notes

1. ^ This date is given at NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171359.htm) as the date of she was "scrapped." The ship could not have been scrapped in just one day, but it is unclear whether this date refers to the date of her sale for scrapping, the date her scrapping began, or the date her scrapping was completed.
2. ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charlton_hall.htm.
3. ^ Per NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171359.htm.
4. ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charlton_hall.htm.
5. ^ Per NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171359.htm.
6. ^ This date is given at NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171359.htm) as the date of she was "scrapped." The ship could not have been scrapped in just one day, but it is unclear whether this date refers to the date of her sale for scrapping, the date her scrapping began, or the date her scrapping was completed.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: S.S. Charlton Hall (American Freighter, 1907). Served as USS Charlton Hall (ID # 1359) in 1918-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Charlton Hall (ID 1359)