c1940s SS La Perla Cargo Steamship Real Photo RPPC WWII Navy Used USS Cygnus A9

Condition:Photograph developed around 1940s based on paper. Photograph taken much earlier. Made to postcard ... Read moreabout condition
For sale is a c1940s SS La Perla Cargo Steamship Real Photo RPPC Postcard
During WWII, the Navy commissioned La Perla and converted it into USS Cygnus. See detailed history below.

Photograph developed around 1940s based on paper. Photograph taken much earlier. Made to postcard size but doesn't have Postcard markings on back. (such as correspondence / address areas or stamp area)

There is a marking Agfa Brovira for the paper used. Copyright B. Feilden, Southport Lancs. These markings are difficult to see due to scanner issues, much more visible in person. Minor signs of wear. Very slight bowing of sides.

Ship Info:
_Cygnus Class Stores Ship_: * Built in 1925 as SS _LA PERLA_ at Cammell Laird, Liverpool, England
* Operated by United Fruit Co.
* Transfered to the War Shipping Agency for delivery to Munargo Line Co., 1 June 1942 under a Transportation Corps. Agreement
* Acquired by the US Navy, 8 July 1942
* Commissioned, USS CYGNUS (AF-23), 11 August 1943, LCDR. W. W. Williamson USNR in command
* During World War II, USS _CYGNUS_ was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
* Decommissioned, 18 July 1946, at New York, N.Y. and transferred to the Maritime Commission for re-delivery to United Fruit Co.
* Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
* Re-delivered to Munargo Line Co., 14 December 1946
* Sold foreign in January 1947

* Final Disposition, fate unknown

_Specifications_:
_DISPLACEMENT_ 7,170 t.(fl)
_length_ 336' 3"
_beam_ 48'
_draft_ 23' 9"
_speed_ 11.7kts (trial) * _complement_ officers 12
Enlisted 100
* _CARGO CAPACITY_ refrigerated 116,100, 1,770 DWT * _LARGEST BOOM CAPACITY_ 3 t. * _ARMAMENT_ two single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
two single 20mm AA gun mounts
* _FUEL CAPACITY_ NSFO 5,421 Bbls * _PROPULSION_ one Cammell-Laird vertical triple expansion reciprocating steam engine
two Scotch boilers, 190psi Sat
Ship's Service Generators

three recip-drive 200Kw 220V D.C.

one recip-drive 50Kw 220V D.C.
single propeller, 2,500shp

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Mkruse (337)

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Iowa, United States

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