c1940s SS La Perla Cargo Steamship Real Photo RPPC WWII Navy Used USS Cygnus A9 for Sale

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c1940s SS La Perla Cargo Steamship Real Photo RPPC WWII Navy Used USS Cygnus A9 For Sale

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c1940s SS La Perla Cargo Steamship Real Photo RPPC WWII Navy Used USS Cygnus A9:
$10.72

For sale is ac1940s SS La Perla Cargo Steamship Real Photo RPPC PostcardDuring WWII, the Navy commissioned La Perla and converted it into USS Cygnus. See detailed history below.
Photograph developed around 1940s based on paper. Photograph taken much earlier. Made to postcard size but doesn\'t have Postcard markings on back. (such as correspondence/ address areas or stamp area)There is a marking Agfa Brovira for the paper used. Copyright B. Feilden, Southport Lancs. These markings are difficult to see due to scanner issues, much more visible in person. Minor signs of wear. Very slight bowing of sides.
Ship Info:Cygnus Class Stores Ship:

Built in 1925 asSSLa Perlaat Cammell Laird, Liverpool, England

Operated by United Fruit Co.

Transfered to the War Shipping Agency for delivery to Munargo Line Co., 1 June 1942 under a Transportation Corps. Agreement

Acquired by the US Navy, 8 July 1942

Commissioned,USS Cygnus (AF-23), 11 August 1943, LCDR. W. W. Williamson USNR in command

During World War II,USSCygnuswas assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Decommissioned, 18 July 1946, at New York, N.Y. and transferred to the Maritime Commission for re-delivery to United Fruit Co.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Re-delivered to Munargo Line Co., 14 December 1946

Sold foreign in January 1947

Final Disposition, fate t.(fl)
Length336\' 3\"
Beam48\'
Draft23\' 9\"
Speed11.7kts (trial)ComplementOfficers 12Enlisted 100Cargo Capacityrefrigerated 116,100, 1,770 DWTLargest Boom Capacity3 t.Armamenttwo single 3\"/50 cal dual purpose gun mountstwo single 20mm AA gun mountsFuel CapacityNSFO 5,421 BblsPropulsionone Cammell-Laird vertical triple expansion reciprocating steam enginetwo Scotch boilers, 190psi SatShip\'s Service Generatorsthree recip-drive 200Kw 220V D.C.one recip-drive 50Kw 220V D.C.single propeller, 2,500shp

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