Baxley, a 3500-ton (displacement) wooden-hulled steam freighter, was built at Jacksonville, Florida, in 1918 as part of the World War I Emergency Fleet program. She was acquired by the Navy upon, or soon after, completion and placed in commission as USS Baxley (ID # 4449) at the beginning of October 1918. During that month she made her only operational voyage, transporting a cargo of coal from Norfolk, Virginia, to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Repairs occupied her second month of Navy service. Decommissioned in early December 1918, Baxley was then returned to the U.S. Shipping Board, which sold her for scrapping in 1922-1923.
This page features the only view we have concerning the freighter Baxley, which served as USS Baxley (ID # 4449) in 1918.
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Page made 14 March 2004