Built in Baltimore For The Cunard Line
The second U.S. Navy shiup to be named Hatteras was built in 1917 for the Cunard Line by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. of Sparrows Point, Maryland. Acquired by the U.S. Navy for the war effort, she commissioned 23 October 1917, Lt. Comdr. W. K. Martin in command.
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