USS Volunteer (ID-3242)

Cargo ship SS Volunteer in San Francisco Bay, California, at the time of her completion in mid-1918, prior to her commissiong as collier USS Volunteer.
History
United States
NameUSS Volunteer
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderBethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, California
Launched18 May 1918
Acquired23 August 1918
Commissioned23 August 1918
Decommissioned27 February 1919
Stricken27 February 1919
FateTransferred to United States Shipping Board 27 February 1919
Notes
  • Operated commercially as SS Volunteer from 1919 to either 1946 or 1948 and as SS Andalusia from 1946 or 1948 until 1949
  • Wrecked 4 November 1949
General characteristics
TypeCollier
Tonnage7,955 Gross register tons
Displacement16,100 tons normal
Length410 ft 0 in (124.97 m)
Beam56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
Draft30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) aft
Speed10.5 knots
Complement70

The second USS Volunteer (ID-3242) was a United States Navy collier in commission from 1918 to 1919.

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