Felix Taussig (Id.No. 2282)
1918-1919
The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.
(Id.No. 2282: displacement 12,925 (normal); length 410'6"; beam 55'1"; draft 27'6"; speed 11 knots; complement 62; armament 1 4-inch, 1 3-inch)
Felix Taussig -- built in 1917 at Newport News, Virginia, by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., and operated by Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Co. -- was acquired by the Navy on 29 August 1918; and commissioned on 31 August 1918, Lt. Cmdr. Charles R. Calhoun in command.
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service and using Philadelphia as her departure port, Felix Taussig made two voyages to Brest, and one to Bordeaux and St. Nazaire, between 17 September 1918 and 1 April 1919. She carried provisions and general cargo for the Army outward bound, and returned in ballast, with some passengers on her last voyage. Decommissioned at Philadelphia on 26 April 1919, Felix Taussig was returned to her owners the same day.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
9 March 2022
