LAKE MICHIGAN ID 2993
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.
- Cargo Ship
- USS LAKE MICHIGAN ID-2993 Commissioned January 30 1918
- PICARDIER (Commercial Service) Sold 1920 to Lloyd Royal Belge, S.A. Antwerp, Belgium and renamed
Built 1917 as WAR FINCH by the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Launched September 22 1917 as LAKE MICHIGAN
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 12 1917
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS)
Decommissioned October 4 1919
Returned to United States Shipping Board 1919
LOST (Storm) December 12 1923 in Baltic Sea off Hernosand, Sweden
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Postmarks
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - The third largest of the five Great Lakes and the only one entirely within the United States
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