Russian cargo ship (ex-Lake Elmhurst 1919-1927, City of Albany 1927-1929, Commercial Orleanian 1929-1938, Sakhalinnet 1938-1945) Moskalvo 1938-1950

Soviet Union-flagged, call sign UVBK. Completed by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Ecorse, USA in 1919. Official number 219032.Gross tonnage 2,674 tons, under deck 2,349 tons, net tonnage 1,658 tons and as dimensions 253.4 x 43.8 x 26.0 feet.

Sources

Lloyds Register of Shipping 1939-1940.

The Belgian Shiplover No. 95, September-October 1963,. N.L. McKellar, Steel Shipbuilding under the U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921.

Fleetphoto.ru

ONI 208. Russian merchant ships in the Pacific. April 1945.

Register of Ships Owned by United States Shipping Board, August 1, 1920 (https://www.shipscribe.com/)

BGSU University Libraries. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes (https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/