- Construction and acquisition
- U.S. Navy career
- Decommissioning and disposal
- Later career
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{other ships|USS Sierra}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=USS Sierra (ID-1634) in port, ca. 1919.
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1918}} | Ship name=USS Sierra | Ship namesake=Sierra Nevada mountain range (previous name retained) | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ship laid down= | Marine Engineering (July 1900)}} | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed=1900 | Ship acquired=27 May 1918 | Ship commissioned=1 July 1918 | Ship decommissioned=1 October 1919 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck=1 October 1919 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate=Returned to owners 1 October 1919 | Ship status= | Ship notes=Operated as commercial passenger ship SS Sierra 1900-1918 and from 1919; later renamed SS Gdansk
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type= Troop transport | Ship tonnage=5,989 gross tons[1] | Ship displacement=9,680 tons (normal) | 416|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | 50|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} | 24|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} (mean) | 25|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion= Steam | 16|kn|lk=in}} | Ship complement=284 | Ship armament=*4 × 6-inch (152-mm) guns- 2 × 1-pounder (0.45-kg) guns
- 2 × machine guns
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | The first USS Sierra (ID-1634) was a troop transport of the United States Navy that served during World War I and its immediate aftermath. Construction and acquisitionSS Sierra was constructed as a commercial passenger ship in 1900 by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia for the San Francisco to Australia service via Hawaii of the Oceanic Steamship Company.{{sfn|Marine Engineering (July 1900)|p=302}} The ship was the first of a series of three to be built for the line with the others being Sonoma and Ventura.{{sfn|Marine Engineering (September 1900)|9p-393}} The U.S. Navy acquired her from the John D. Spreckel Brothers Company in San Francisco, California, on 27 May 1918 for use as a troop transport during World War I and assigned her the identification number 1634. After conversion work was complete, she was commissioned as USS Sierra (ID-1634) on 1 July 1918. U.S. Navy careerSierra was assigned to transatlantic service upon commissioning, and she transported troops from the United States to France until the end of World War I on 11 November 1918. After the war, she engaged in the reverse process of bringing American troops home from Europe for another eleven months. Decommissioning and disposalSierra was decommissioned on 1 October 1919. On the same day, her name was stricken from the Navy list and she was returned to her owners. Later careerAs SS Sierra, the ship returned to commercial passenger service. She later was renamed SS Gdansk.[2] GalleryNotes1. ^Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- USS Sierra (ID # 1634), 1918-1919
2. ^Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- USS Sierra (ID # 1634), 1918-1919
References{{refbegin}}- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/sierra-i.html}}
- {{cite journal |last=Marine Engineering |year=1900 |title=Launches—Home and Foreign |journal=Marine Engineering |volume=5 |issue=July 1900 |page= |location=New York |publisher=Aldrich & Donaldson |doi= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNNLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA302#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=2 March 2015 |ref={{sfnref|Marine Engineering (July 1900)}}}}
- {{cite journal |last=Marine Engineering |year=1900 |title=Launches—Home and Foreign |journal=Marine Engineering |volume=5 |issue=September 1900 |page= |location=New York |publisher=Aldrich & Donaldson |doi= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNNLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA393#v=onepage&q&f=false |accessdate=2 March 2015 |ref={{sfnref|Marine Engineering (July 1900)}}}}
- {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121016213413/http%3A//www%2Ehistory%2Enavy%2Emil/photos//sh%2Dusn/usnsh%2Ds/id1634%2Ehtm |title=Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- USS Sierra (ID # 1634), 1918-1919 |date=2012-10-16}}
{{refend}}External links- {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121016213413/http%3A//www%2Ehistory%2Enavy%2Emil/photos//sh%2Dusn/usnsh%2Ds/id1634%2Ehtm |title=Photos of USS Sierra (ID-1634) and related photos |date=2012-10-16}}
- {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20131211181152/http%3A//www%2Ehistory%2Enavy%2Emil/photos//sh%2Dusn/usnsh%2Ds/id1634%2Do%2Ehtm |title=USS Sierra (ID # 1634), 1918-1919 -- On Board and Close-Up Views |date=2013-12-11}}
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