- USS Nansemond (1896)
USS "Nansemond" (No. 1395), formerly SS "Pennsylvania" of the
Hamburg-American Line , was built in 1896 by Hartland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland, and taken over by USSB in 1917. "Nansemond" served in theArmy Cargo and Transport Service throughout the war before being transferred to theNavy and commissioned20 January 1919 at Hoboken, N.J., Lt. Comdr.W. MacLeod ,USNRF , in command.Assigned to
NOTS , "Nansemond" departed New York4 February laden with Army supplies. She arrivedSt. Nazaire 16 February , discharged her cargo, and sailed26 February for home carrying returning troops of the AEF, arriving Newport News11 March 1919 . During the next four months "Nansemond" continued in the Transport Service returning troops and convalescents of the AEF, making one turnabout run in thirty-two days.Upon returning to New York in August she decommissioned on the 25th and returned to
United States Shipping Board . She was scrapped in 1924.ee also
See USS|Nansemond for others ships of the same name.
References
DANFS [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n1/nansemond-ii.htm]
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