Elinor, a 4295.18 gross ton (8785 tons displacement) freighter, was built at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1917-1918. She was originally named General de Castlenau, but had been renamed by late February 1918, when she was inspected by the Fifth Naval District for possible U.S. Navy use. The ship was delivered to the Navy in March of that year and placed in commission as USS Elinor (ID # 2465). As a unit of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) she made four round-trip voyages to France in the year following April 1918, carrying general cargo, vehicles and ammunition. In February 1919 she also performed a special mission, in which she dumped artillery shells and poison gas in deep water off the Virginia Capes. USS Elinor was decommissioned in late April 1919 and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board.
This page features the only view we have concerning the freighter Elinor of 1918, which was USS Elinor (ID # 2465) in 1918-1919.
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Page made 18 December 2006