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USAT Irvin L. Hunt (Transport, 1941-1947)

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U.S. Army Transport Irvin L. Hunt, a 6958 gross ton cargo ship, was built in 1918 at Seattle, Washington, as the civilian steamship Edenton. Owned by the United States Shipping Board (later the U.S. Maritime Commission), in February 1941 she was taken over by the War Department for U.S. Army logistics service. She was so-employed through the Second World War, and for more than a year after the conflict's end. Once the Army's need for her had ended Irvin L. Hunt was returned to the Maritime Commission and again renamed Edenton. She was placed in reserve at Astoria, Oregon, in January 1947, sold in March 1948 and was probably scrapped soon thereafter.

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