Laid down date unknown Commissioned 29 September 1920 Struck 2 December 1921 Length 87 m | Acquired 20 September 1920 Decommissioned 15 September 1921 Launched 1919 Draft 7.16 m | |
Fate returned to the shipping board | ||
USS Mahanna (AG-8) was a Mahanna-class cargo ship. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy as a miscellaneous auxiliary cargo vessel, to be used for transporting general stores to Navy units in the field.
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Mahanna was a wooden steam freighter, which was built by McEachern & Co., Astoria, Oregon, in 1919. She was operated by the U.S. Shipping Board (USSB), transferred to the Navy at Norfolk, Virginia, on 20 September 1920, and then commissioned at Norfolk on 29 September 1920, with Lt. (jg.) Emory F. Hosmer in command.
Service with the Atlantic Fleet
Mahanna was assigned to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. She sailed out of Norfolk for survey missions to the West Indies during the next year, cruising between the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast ports with other survey ships.
Decommissioning
She was decommissioned at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 15 September 1921. Mahanna was returned to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) on 2 December 1921 and struck from the Navy list.