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USS ''Munindies'' (ID-2093) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. SS ''Munindies'' was built as a commercial cargo ship in 1917 at Newport News, Virginia, by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for the Munson Steamship Company of New York City. Launched on 17 October 1917, she was delivered to the Munson Line on 7 December 1917. The U.S. Navy acquired her for World War I service from Munson on 17 December 1917. Assigned naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 2093, she was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, as USS ''Munindies'' the same day with Lieutenant Commander H. J. Christofferson, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, ''Munindies'' loaded 5,200 tons of United States Army cargo at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and sailed for Europe in convoy on 4 January 1918, arriving at La Pallice, France, on 25 January 1918. She departed Bordeaux, France, for the United States East Coast on 27 February 1918, arriving in the United States on 2 March 1918. ''Munindies'' made three more crossings to Europe in U.S. Navy service. Her final transatlantic voyage for the Navy ended at New York City on 11 December 1918. On 11 January 1919, ''Munindies'' got underway with general supplies for Argentina, reaching La Plata, Argentina, on 12 February 1919 to unload her cargo. She returned to New York City on 4 April 1919 ''Munindies'' was decommissioned on either 25 April 1919〔Per NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/172093.htm〕 or 24 July 1919.〔Per the ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m15/munindies.htm.〕 On the day of her decommissioning she was transferred to the United States Shipping Board for return to the Munson Steamship Company. Once again SS ''Munindies'', she operated for the Munson Line in commercial service until November 1939, when she was sunk by a naval mine during World War II. ==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 Munindies (ID-2093)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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