USS Muscatine (ID-2226)
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.jpg) USS Muscatine (ID-2226) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Muscatine |
| Namesake | A city and county in Iowa named for a Native American word meaning "dweller in the prairie" |
| Builder | Standard Shipbuilding Corp., Shooters Island, New York |
| Laid down | 20 October 1917 as SS Scandinavic |
| Acquired | by the U.S. Navy 28 April 1918 |
| Commissioned | 2 May 1918 as USS Muscatine (ID 2226) |
| Decommissioned | 16 July 1919 at New York City |
| Renamed | Stian (date unknown); Muscatine (date unknown) |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Fate | Sold in 1929 |
| Notes | Sunk 21 May 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | commercial refrigerator ship |
| Displacement | 10,502 tons |
| Length | 392 ft 6 in (119.63 m) |
| Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | not known |
| Speed | 10.5 knots |
| Crew | 108 crew members |
| Armament | one 5-inch gun and one 3-inch gun |
USS Muscatine (ID-2226) was a Norwegian refrigerator ship (reefer ship) obtained by the U.S. Navy from the United States Shipping Board (USSB) during World War I. She served for the duration of the war, carrying "beef and butter" for military personnel in Europe.
She returned to commercial service after the war and later was renamed Floridian and Elizabeth. During World War II, she was struck by torpedoes from a German submarine and sank in the Yucatán Channel.[1]
Muscatine, a refrigerator ship built in 1917 as Stian by Standard Shipbuilding Corps., Shooters Island, New York, for the Norwegian firm Salveson, Chr. & Co., was commandeered by the United States Shipping Board and transferred to the U.S. Navy on 28 April 1918. She was commissioned on 2 May 1918.
