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Moccasin (Passenger-Cargo Steamer, 1903)

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Prinz Joachim, a 9060-ton passenger-cargo steamer, was built at Flensburg, Germany, in 1903 for commercial use. When the United States entered World War I in 1917 was taken over by the U.S. Shipping Board and renamed Moccasin. The U.S. Army chartered her later in the year, but in February 1918 she was acquired by the Navy and placed in commission as USS Moccasin (ID # 1322). Serving as a refrigerator ship, she transported food across the Atlantic from March 1918 until she was decommissioned in early June 1919. At some point following her return to the Shipping Board, Moccasin was renamed Porto Rico.

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