USS William Isom

History
Name	1917: William Isom; 1931: Edwin B. De Golia; 1948: Demosthenes;
Namesake	1948: Demosthenes
Owner	1917: Sinclair Gulf Corp; 1921: American Italian Comm Corp; mid-1920s: Cuba Distilling Company; 1930: Edwin B. De Golia; 1931: Hillcone Steamship Company; 1948: Artemis Maritime Company;
Operator	As owners except 1918–19, when the US Navy operated her
Port of registry	1917: San Francisco; 1948: Panama City;
Builder	Baltimore Shipbuilding & DD Co
Completed	November 1917
Commissioned	into US Navy 1 May 1918
Decommissioned	from US Navy 21 August 1919
Identification	US official number 215654; Code letters LJBC (until 1933); ; Call sign WLCN (1934 onward); ;
Fate	Scrapped 4 February 1955
General characteristics
Type	Oil tanker
Tonnage	3,322 GRT, 2,032 NRT
Displacement	7,045 tons
Length	292.3 ft (89.1 m) p/p
Beam	47.2 ft (14.4 m)
Draft	23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) (aft)
Depth	26.9 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	241 NHP
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines,; 1 × screw;
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Crew	44
Sensors &; processing systems	echo sounding device (by 1935)
Armament	in US Navy:; 1 × 5-inch (130 mm) gun; 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) gun;

USS William Isom (ID-1555) was an oil tanker that was built in 1917 and briefly served in the United States Navy. She spent three decades in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1931 she was renamed Edwin B. De Golia.

In 1947 or 1948 she was sold to a company that renamed her Demosthenes and flagged her out to Panama. She was scrapped in 1955.

History

Name	1917: William Isom 1931: Edwin B. De Golia 1948: Demosthenes
Namesake	1948: Demosthenes
Owner	1917: Sinclair Gulf Corp 1921: American Italian Comm Corp mid-1920s: Cuba Distilling Company 1930: Edwin B. De Golia 1931: Hillcone Steamship Company 1948: Artemis Maritime Company
Operator	As owners except 1918–19, when the US Navy operated her
Port of registry	1917: San Francisco 1948: Panama City
Builder	Baltimore Shipbuilding & DD Co
Completed	November 1917
Commissioned	into US Navy 1 May 1918
Decommissioned	from US Navy 21 August 1919
Identification	US official number 215654 Code letters LJBC (until 1933) Call sign WLCN (1934 onward)
Fate	Scrapped 4 February 1955
General characteristics
Type	Oil tanker
Tonnage	3,322 GRT, 2,032 NRT
Displacement	7,045 tons
Length	292.3 ft (89.1 m) p/p
Beam	47.2 ft (14.4 m)
Draft	23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) (aft)
Depth	26.9 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power	241 NHP
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines, 1 × screw
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Crew	44
Sensors & processing systems	echo sounding device (by 1935)
Armament	in US Navy: 1 × 5-inch (130 mm) gun 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) gun