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USS ''Munplace'' (ID-2346) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919. SS ''Munplace'' was built as a commercial cargo ship by the Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point, Maryland, in 1916, for the Munson Steamship Lines. She was delivered to Munson on 9 May 1916 and entered mercantile service. The U.S. Navy acquired ''Munplace'' from Munson for World War I service on 31 August 1918, assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 2346, and commissioned her as USS ''Munplace'' at Newport News, Virginia, the same day with Lieutenant Commander James H. Lum, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS), ''Munplace'' was loaded with a cargo of United States Army supplies, made a transatlantic crossing to France in convoy, and arrived at Rochefort, France, on 4 October 1918. Proceeding to La Pallice, France, she discharged her cargo, went on to Le Verdon-sur-Mer, France, and returned to the United States, arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, on 10 November 1918. World War I ended the next day. In December 1918, ''Munplace'' departed Norfolk and delivered another U.S. Army cargo to La Pallice. She then returned to the United States, arriving at Newport News in January 1919 On 15 February 1919 ''Munplace'' was decommissioned and delivered to the United States Shipping Board for simultaneous return to Munson Steamship Lines. She returned to mercantile service as SS ''Munplace'', remaining in commercial use until she was scrapped at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1939. ==References== * *(Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: S.S. ''Munplace'' (American Freighter, 1916) Served as USS ''Munplace'' (ID # 2346) in 1918-1919. ) *(NavSource Online NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Munplace (ID 2346) ) 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 Munplace (ID-2346)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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