USS Shoshone

USS Shoshone or USNS Shoshone has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship:

• USS Shoshone (ID-1760), a troop transport in commission in 1919.
• USS Shoshone (AKA-65), an attack cargo ship in commission from 1944 to 1946
• USNS Shoshone (T-AO-151), an oiler in service in the Military Sea Transportation Service and Military Sealift Command from 1957 until the probably the mid-1980s, reclassified as a "transport oiler" and designated "T-AOT-151" during her career

The first Shoshone (SP-1760) was built in 1911 by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack, Germany, and operated for the Hamburg-American Lines as Wasgenwald.

The ship was chartered by the Army on 26 October 1917 from the Custom House, N.Y., and used as a depot collier. Shoshone was acquired by the Navy for use as a troop transport and placed in commission on 19 February 1919. She was attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force and, between February and July, made two voyages to St. Nazaire, France, returning with American troops.

Shoshone was decommissioned at Norfolk, Va., on 5 August 1919 and returned to her owner.

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