USS Carrillo

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SS Carrillo ca. 1918, prior to her U.S. Navy service.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Carrillo
NamesakePrevious name retained
Builder Workman, Clark and Company, Belfast
Launched17 May 1911
Completed1911
Acquired16 September 1918
Commissioned16 September 1918
Decommissioned28 April 1919
FateTransferred to United States Shipping Board 8 May 1919
Notes
  • In commercial service 1911-1918 and 1919-1947
  • Laid up 1947
  • Sold for scrapping March 1948
General characteristics
Type Cargo ship
Tonnage5,012 Gross register tons
Displacement9,500 tons
Length394 ft (120 m)
Beam50 ft 3 in (15.32 m)
Draft25 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power3,650 indicated horsepower
Propulsion Steam engine, one shaft
Speed13 knots
Complement70

USS Carrillo (ID-1406) was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919.

SS Carrillo was built as a commercial passenger-cargo ship in 1911 at Belfast, Ireland, by Workman, Clark and Company. The United States Shipping Board transferred her to the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 16 September 1918. The Navy assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 1406 and commissioned her the same day as USS Carrillo.

Assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force, Carrillo made four voyages to France during and after the war, carrying meats, motor trucks, aviation supplies, and artillery to American forces operating in Europe. On 15 April 1919, she returned to the United States at Staten Island, New York, from the last of these voyages.

Carrillo was decommissioned on 28 April 1919. She was returned to the Shipping Board on 8 May 1919.

The ship returned to commercial service as SS Carrillo, and for over 25 years was employed in commercial trade as part of the United Fruit Company 's fleet of refrigerated cargo ships. She was laid up in the Maritime Commission 's Hudson River Reserve Fleet in June 1947 and sold for scrapping in March 1948.

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