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Call sign UOVF. Launched by Standard Shipbuilding Corporation, Shooter’s Island, New York, USA on 24 June 1918 for the US Shipping Board. According to the Belgian Shiplover No. 88 dated July-August 1962 p. 390 yard number 6, completed in September 1918 as Galesburg for Russian account renamed Volchovstroi or Volkhovstroi. Gross tonnage 4,943 tons, under deck 4,286 tons, net tonnage 2,982 tons and as dimensions 377.0 x 52.0 x 26.9 x 24 (loaded) feet.Normal cruising speed 9 knots.

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