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USS ''Kerlew'' (ID-1325) was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919. ''Kerlew'' was built in 1906 at Stockton-on-Tees, England, by Craig, Taylor and Company, Ltd.〔(Shipbuilding on the River Tees )〕 Prior to World War I, she served as the Austro-Hungarian commercial cargo ship ''Virginia''. She was named ''Kerlew'' and owned by Kerr Navigation Corporation of New York City by the time the United States Army acquired her on a bareboat charter basis in October 1917. The U.S. Navy acquired ''Kerlew'' on 13 November 1918, two days after the end of World War I, at Cardiff, Wales, assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 1325, and commissioned her the same day as USS ''Kerlew'' with Lieutenant S. V. Kalhauge, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the U.S. Army coal trade at Cardiff, ''Kerlew'' transported coal across the English Channel from British to French ports. She continued this duty until 29 January 1919, when she arrived at Invergordon, Scotland, to load a cargo of American naval mines for return to the United States. Departing Invergordon on 19 February 1919, she arrived in the United States at Norfolk, Virginia, on 9 March 1919. ''Kerlew'' was decommissioned on 12 April 1919 and transferred the same day to the United States Shipping Board for simultaneous return to her owner. ''Kerlew'' returned to commercial service. She was renamed ''Mount Sidney'' in 1922 while serving as a merchant ship. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Kerlew (ID-1325)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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