USS Aniwa (ID-3146) - Construction Acquisition, and Commissioning

Construction Acquisition, and Commissioning

Aniwa was built under a United States Shipping Board contract and completed as SS Aniwa in 1918 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Shipbuilding Company. She was earmarked for U.S. Navy World War I service with the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 3146. She departed her builder's yard for final sea trials on the morning of 25 July 1918 and arrived at San Francisco, California, that afternoon. During the passage from Oakland to San Francisco, her prospective commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Foster Ryer, USNRF, came on board from a launch. On the morning of 26 July 1918, Aniwa was commissioned as USS Aniwa with Lieutenant Commander Ryer in command.