USS Don Marquis (IX-215)

USS Don Marquis (IX-215)

USS "Don Marquis" (IX-215), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for that writer, poet, and artist. Her keel was laid down by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Los Angeles, California. She was launched on 23 August 1943. She was acquired and placed in service by the Navy on 31 May 1945. She was employed as dry floating storage in the Pacific until returned to the War Shipping Administration on 28 November 1945. "Don Marquis" was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 5 June 1946.

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