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Name
  
USS Sturgeon Bay

Commissioned
  
7 June 1922

Struck
  
7 February 1928

Acquired
  
24 September 1921

Decommissioned
  
7 February 1928

Launched
  
1918

USS Sturgeon Bay (IX-27)

Builder
  
Lake & Ocean Navigation Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

USS Sturgeon Bay was a freighter built in 1918 by the Lake & Ocean Navigation Co. at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was acquired by the Navy from the United States of America (U.S.) Shipping Board on 24 September 1921 and assigned to the 9th Naval District. She was transferred to the 3rd Naval District in June 1922 and commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, on 7 June. Later that month, she was turned over to the New York State Naval Militia, on loan, for use as a floating armory at Buffalo, New York.

She served New York until 30 January 1928, when she was taken over by the Commandant, 3rd Naval District, for disposal. She was decommissioned and her name was struck from the Navy List on 7 February 1928. On 5 March 1928, her hulk was sold to the Donahue Stratton Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

References

USS Sturgeon Bay (IX-27) Wikipedia


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