EDENTON ID 3696
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
- Freighter
- USS EDENTON ID-3696 Commissioned December 5 1918 - Decommissioned May 12 1919
- EDENTON (Commercial Service) Ownership retained by the USSB (later US Maritime Commission) and operated under contract
- USAT IRVIN L. HUNT Acquired by War Department February 1941 and renamed
Built in 1918 by the Skinner and Eddy Corp., Seattle, WA for the United States Shipping Board (USSB)
Launched November 19 1918
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 5 1918
Returned to USSB 1919
Official Number: 217336
Scheduled for transfer to U.S. Navy
Assigned hull number AK-38
Remained in Army service more than a year after WWII ended
Returned to Maritime Commission
Name reverted to EDENTON
Placed in reserve at Astoria, Oregon January 1947
Sold March 1948 and scrapped
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Postmarks
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Other Information
Named for the city of Edenton North Carolina
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