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USS Merauke (ID # 2498), 1918-1919

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USS Merauke, a 13,235-ton steam cargo ship, was built in 1911 at Flushing, the Netherlands, as the civilian freighter of the same name. Interned at New York during the first years of World War I, she was seized by the U.S. Government in March 1918 and turned over to the Navy, which placed her in commission later in that month for service with the Naval Overseas Transportation Service. During the remainder of the conflict, and during the first months following the November 1918 Armistice, Merauke made four round-trip crossings of the Atlantic, taking supplies and equipment to Europe. In April 1919, she arrived at Rotterdam at the conclusion of her final voyage as a U.S. Navy ship. USS Merauke was decommissioned there in May 1919 and returned to her owners.

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