USS Pensacola (AK-7)

USS "Pensacola" (AK-7/AG-13) was a cargo ship in the United States Navy.

"Pensacola" was originally a German Screw Steamer launched in Rostock, Germany as "Nicaria" on 18 August1901, and seized by the U.S. Government at Southport, North Carolina on 8 May 1917. She was transferred to the United States Navy on 9 June 1917; and commissioned 8 October1917, with LCDR Frederick Marcus, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to Naval Overseas Transport Service in January 1918, "Pensacola" carried supplies from the United States to French and British ports. Returning from Brest to Philadelphia on 2 December 1918, she steamed to New York and sailed for Turkey on 25 January 1919 with a cargo for the Syrian-Armenian Relief, arriving at Constantinople on 12 March. Following her return to the United States on 15 April, "Pensacola" carried passengers and cargo to bases in the Caribbean. Returning to Norfolk on 9 June 1919, she was reassigned to the Navy Trans-Pacific transport service.

She operated in the Pacific until becoming a station ship at Guam 15 March 1922. Classified AK-7 on 17 July 1920, "Pensacola" was reclassified AG-13 on 26 June 1922. She decommissioned at Mare Island, California on 14 March 1925, was struck from the Navy Register the same day, and was sold to M. Davidson of Stockton, California on 5 August 1925.

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