Name USS Keresaspa Completed 1903 Commissioned 31 October 1918 Length 110 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 31 October 1918 Decommissioned 11 February 1919 Weight 3,068 tons | |
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Builders Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Newcastle upon Tyne | ||
USS Keresaspa (ID-1484) was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919.
Keresaspa was built in 1903 as the commercial cargo ship SS Franconia for an Austro-Hungarian firm, the Franconia Steamship Company, Limited, by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, at Newcastle, England. She had been renamed SS Keresaspa by the time the U.S. Navy acquired her on 31 October 1918 for World War I service. The Navy assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 1484 and commissioned her the same day as USS Keresaspa with Lieutenant Commander James J. Boyce in command.
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Keresaspa departed New York City with a cargo of 400 horses and mules for transport to France. She discharged her cargo at La Pallice, France, and returned to the United States at Baltimore, Maryland, on 20 January 1919.
Following repairs Keresaspa was decommissioned on 11 February 1919 and returned to her owners. She returned to mercantile service, and was renamed SS Pannonia in 1922.