USS Buena Ventura
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USS Buena Ventura (ID-1329), also spelled USS Buenaventura, was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission in 1918 that was sunk during World War I.
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SS Buena Ventura (or Buenaventura, as painted on her bow in this photograph) in commercial service prior to World War I. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Buena Ventura (or Buenaventura) |
Namesake | Spanish for "Good Fortune," and the name of a seaport in Colombia (previous name retained) |
Builder | Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Howdon-on-Tyne |
Launched | 23 January 1913 |
Completed | 1913 |
Acquired | 25 July 1918 |
Commissioned | 26 July 1918 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk, 16 September 1918 |
Notes | In commercial service, 1913-1918 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 4,881 Gross register tons |
Displacement | 8,200 long tons (8,300 t) |
Length | 410 ft (120 m) |
Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) (mean) |
Propulsion | Steam engine(s) |
Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Complement | 93 |
Armament | 1 × 5 in (130 mm) gun, 1 × 6-pounder gun |
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