USS F. J. Luckenbach (ID-2160)

USS F. J. Luckenbach at Boston, Massachusetts, on 18 June 1919.
Career (United States)
Name:	USS F. J. Luckenbach
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched:	15 September 1917
Completed:	28 November 1917
Acquired:	9 January 1918
Commissioned:	9 January 1918
Decommissioned:	18 August 1919
Fate:	Transferred to United States Shipping Board 18 August 1919 Returned to owner Scrapped 1951
Notes:	Served as commercial cargo ship SS F. J. Luckenbach 1919-1951
General characteristics
Type:	Cargo ship and troop transport
Tonnage:	8,074 gross tons
Displacement:	15,650 tons (normal)
Length:	468 ft 4 in (142.75 m)
Beam:	56 ft (17 m)
Draft:	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Propulsion:	Steam engine
Speed:	13 knots
Complement:	92
Armament:	1 x 6-inch (152-millimeter) gun 1 x 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) gun

For other ships with "Luckenbach" in their names, see USS Luckenbach.

USS F. J. Luckenbach (ID-2160) was a cargo ship and troop transport that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.

USS F. J. Luckenbach, probably in 1919.

SS F. J. Luckenbach was built as a commercial cargo ship at Quincy, Massachusetts, by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation for Luckenbach Steamship Company of New York City. Launched on 15 September 1917, she was delivered to Luckenbach on 28 November 1917. She then came under the control of the United States Shipping Board. The Shipping Board transferred her to the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 9 January 1918. Assigned Identification Number (Id. No.) 2160, she was commissioned the same day as USS F. J. Luckenbach with Lieutenant Commander W. McLean, USNRF, in command.

Outfitted as an animal transport, F. J. Luckenbach carried horses, mules, and general United States Army cargo on five voyages to France from New York City between 12 February 1918 and 21 February 1919. She was then converted for postwar troop transport duty, and made two voyages to return troops of the American Expeditionary Force from Europe to the United States between April 1919 and July 1919.

Decommissioned on 18 August 1919, F. J. Luckenbach was transferred to the Shipping Board the same day for return to her owner.

Once again SS F. J. Luckenbach, she resumed commercial service as a cargo ship. She was scrapped in 1951.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS F.J. Luckenbach (ID # 2160), 1918-1919. Originally the SS F.J. Luckenbach (1917)
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: F. J. Luckenbach (ID 2160)