USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
USS Orizaba (ID-1536/AP-24) was a transport ship for the United States Navy in both World War I and World War II. She was the sister ship of Siboney but the two were not part of a ship class. In her varied career, she was also known as USAT Orizaba in service for the United States Army, as SS Orizaba in interwar civilian service for the Ward Line, and as Duque de Caxias (U-11) as an auxiliary in the Brazilian Navy after World War II.
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USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
USS Orizaba (ID-1536/AP-24) was a transport ship for the United States Navy in both World War I and World War II. She was the sister ship of Siboney but the two were not part of a ship class. In her varied career, she was also known as USAT Orizaba in service for the United States Army, as SS Orizaba in interwar civilian service for the Ward Line, and as Duque de Caxias (U-11) as an auxiliary in the Brazilian Navy after World War II.
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El USS Orizaba (ID-1536/AP-24) ...... 1959 y fue desguazado en 1963.
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USS Orizaba (ID-1536/AP-24) wa ...... in 1959 and scrapped in 1963.
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1918-04-11
1941-06-04
1945-07-16
active years start date
1919-09-04
commissioning date
1918-05-27
1941-06-15
1945-07-16
decommissioning date
1919-09-04
1945-04-23
1959-04-13
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*Chartered toUnited States Lines, 1939;
*Permanent transfer to Brazil, June 1953
*Sold toWar Department, 1941
*ToBrazilian Navy, 16 July 1945 atTampa, FloridaunderLend-Lease;
Scrapped in 1963
returned to Ward Line, 1920
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USAT Orizaba in port, 1941
USS Orizaba underway at sea painted in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 11F, c. 1944
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early 1941, by War Department
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Call sign: NUBY
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February 1917 as Orizaba
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Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico
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April–May 1941, Bethlehem Steel Co.
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*New York–Cuba–Spain, 1920–1921
*New York–Cuba–Mexico, 1921–1939
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*World War I:
*3,100
*4,100
*World War II:
*2,928
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El USS Orizaba (ID-1536/AP-24) ...... ras la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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USS Orizaba (ID-1536/AP-24) wa ...... ilian Navy after World War II.
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USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
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USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
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