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USAV Caribbean (FS--133)

Freight-Personnel/Supply Vessel

Laid down in 1906 as the wooden-hulled coastal passender steamer SS Gosnold by R. Palmer, Noank, CT.

Launched, date unknown

Gosnold was built for the Cuttyhunk Island service

Renamed W.S White, date unknown

Sold to New York City in 1921, renamed SS Miramar

Sold in 1934 to Vinal Haven and Rockland Steamboat Co.

Rebuilt in 1938

Sold to US Maritime Commission in 1942

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps 1942

Re-engined as an oil burner at Snow Shipyards, Rockland, ME.

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps as Caribbean (FS-133)

Retired from US Army service, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 221 t.
Length 103.0'
Beam unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Freight Capacity unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown

Propulsion

steam engine

single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
Merchant Service
300713301	68k	SS W.S. White underway, date and location unknown. Photo from Penobscot Marine Museum		John Spivey

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