USS Arizonan (ID-4542A)

USS Arizonan (ID-4542A)


For various ships named USS Arizona, see USS Arizona.

SS Arizonan soon after her completion in 1903.
Career (United States)
Name: USS Arizonan
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Launched: 1902
Completed: Early 1903
Acquired: 10 August 1918
Commissioned: 14 August 1918
Decommissioned: 29 September 1919
Struck: 29 September 1919
Fate: Returned to owners 1919
Notes: In commercial service as SS Arizonan 1903-1918 and 1919-1927 or 1928, then under Japanese registry
Probably scrapped around end of 1920s
General characteristics
Type: Cargo ship and troop transport
Tonnage: 8,672 gross tons
Displacement: 19,419 tons
Length: 490 ft 0 in (149.35 m)
Beam: 57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draft: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) (mean)
Installed power: 6,000 indicated horsepower (ihp) (4.48 megawatts (MW))
Propulsion: Two 3000-ihp (2.24 MW) steam engines, two shafts
Speed: 10.15 knots (maximum)
Complement: 70 or 97
Armament: 1 x 5-inch (127-millimeter) gun
1 x 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) gun
(guns removed ca. December 1918-January 1919)

USS Arizonan (ID-4542A), also written ID-4542-A was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Read more about USS Arizonan (ID-4542A):  Construction and Commercial Service, 1902-1918, Commercial Service From 1919