.jpg) USSKerlew ca. 1918-1919. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSKerlew |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Craig, Taylor and Company, Ltd.,Stockton,England |
| Launched | 26 December 1905 |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Acquired | 13 November 1918 |
| Commissioned | 13 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 12 April 1919 |
| Fate | Transferred toUnited States Shipping Board 12 April 1919 for simultaneous return to owner |
| Notes | In commercial service 1906-1918 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | See note[1] |
| Length | 336 ft 6 in (102.57 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) (mean) |
| Speed | 10knots (maximum) |
| Complement | 77 |
| Armament | 1 × 4-inch (102-millimeter) gun |
USSKerlew (ID-1325) was aUnited States Navycargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919.
Kerlew was built in 1906 atStockton-on-Tees,England, byCraig, Taylor and Company, Ltd.[2] Prior toWorld War I, she served as theAustro-Hungarian commercial cargo shipVirginia. She was namedKerlew and owned byKerr Navigation Corporation ofNew York City by the time theUnited States Army acquired her on abareboat charter basis in October 1917.
The U.S. Navy acquiredKerlew on 13 November 1918, two days after the end of World War I, atCardiff, Wales, assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 1325, andcommissioned her the same day as USSKerlew.
Assigned to the U.S. Armycoal trade at Cardiff,Kerlew transported coal across theEnglish Channel fromBritish toFrench ports. She continued this duty until 29 January 1919, when she arrived atInvergordon,Scotland, to load acargo of Americannaval mines for return to theUnited States. Departing Invergordon on 19 February 1919, she arrived in the United States atNorfolk,Virginia, on 9 March 1919.
Kerlew wasdecommissioned on 12 April 1919 and transferred the same day to theUnited States Shipping Board for simultaneous return to her owner.
Kerlew returned to commercial service. She was renamedMount Sidney in 1922 while serving as amerchant ship.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.