USS ''Maumee'' (ID-1339) was a

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collier commissioned in 1918. The ship was built in 1897 by Furness Withy and Company, Ltd. at

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as the

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''Maylands'' of J. F. Wilson & Company. The ship went through a progression of names and owners, becoming ''Veerhaven'' in 1905, and ''Djursland'' in 1915. Later in 1915, the ship was renamed ''Maumee'' after her purchase by the American Transatlantic Company. After the United States' entry into

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, ''Maumee'' was acquired by the United States Navy on 9 January 1918 and commissioned the same day. ''Maumee'' was initially assigned to the

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, but reassigned to the Destroyer Force on 18 April 1919. The details of ''Maumee''s

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and subsequent release from U.S. Navy control are unknown. By 1923, she was operating under the name of ''Dorte Jensen'' for H. Jenson. According to ship registries, she was

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on 22 January 1924 at

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. NavSource Online, however, reports that the vessel was transferred to the

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in 1948, but may have confused this ship with , which was also in commission during the same time frame and was transferred to the Republic of China in 1948.

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NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Maumee (ID 1339)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maumee (ID-1339) Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Ships built on the River Tees 1897 ships Colliers of the United States Navy World War I auxiliary ships of the United States