USS Indianapolis, Steamer
Indianapolis was launched 4 July 1918 by Pusey & Jones, Gloucester, New Jersey, for USSB; delivered to the Navy Department 12 December 1818; and commissioned the same day at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. J. M. Masury, USNRF, in command

Attached to NOTS, Indianapolis carried cargo to Europe -- Philadelphia to England and Holand -- returning to Norfolk (28 December 1918 - 23 February 1919); and norflok to France and back (31 March - 22 June 1919). She decommissioned 9 July 1919, and was returned to USSB at Norfolk the same day.

Displacement, 16,900 tons; Length, 439' 6"; Beam, 60'; Draft, 28' 1/2"; Speed, 11 knots; Complement, 70.
Bibliography
James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968, Repring 1977), Vol.3: G-K, p. 432

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