USAT John L. Clem
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John L. Clem was built as the cargo and passenger liner Santa Ana for W. R. Grace and Company for service in Grace Line's South American service but was requisitioned before completion by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) in 1918 due to World War I. The ship was chartered back to Grace after completion until turned over to the United States Navy to be briefly commissioned as the troop transport USS Santa Ana (ID-2869) from 11 February 1919 to 21 July 1919.
USS Santa Ana (ID-2869) (later USAT John L. Clem) in New York Harbor, bringing home troops from World War I, July 1919 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Namesake | US Army Major General John Lincoln Clem |
Owner |
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Port of registry | United States |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 442 |
Laid down | 1 February 1917 |
Launched | 13 October 1917 |
Completed | 1 January 1918 |
In service |
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Identification |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 8890 |
Length |
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Beam | 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m) |
Draft | 22 ft 9 in (6.9 m) |
Depth | 33.8 ft (10.3 m) |
Installed power | 633 Nhp |
Propulsion | 4 boilers, 1 quadruple expansion engine |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 204 |
Armament | Unknown |
Between the wars she served from 1919 as a commercial liner Santa Ana 1919–1928 on service between New York and Valparaiso, Chile. As Guatemala (1928-1932) the ship served on Grace's subsidiary intercoastal service between San Francisco and New York. That service remained through the name change to Santa Cecilia (1932-1936) until laid up in 1934. The ship was sold to Merchants & Miners Transportation Company in 1936, underwent a rebuild and served in that line's coastwise service between Boston and Philadelphia as Irwin (1936-1941).
In March 1941 Irwin was acquired by the U.S. Army and assigned the name John L. Clem in honor of Major General John Lincoln Clem. The ship served as a United States Army Transport (USAT) from 1941 until conversion into a hospital ship between September 1943 and June 1944 serving as USAHS John L. Clem.
The ship had been assigned a prospective US Navy ID, AP-36, but never served with the Navy after 1919.