USS Houston (AK-1) [SEP] conflict
USS Houston (AK-1)
USS Houston (AK-1) was a cargo ship that was acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War I. During World War II, she served as a commercial cargo ship under charter to the United States Lines by the War Shipping Administration.
Acquiring a scuttled German freighter.
The first Navy ship to be named "Houston", "AK-1" was the former German freighter SS "Liebenfels", built by Bremer Vulcan, Vegesack, Germany, in 1903. Operated by the
(AH-18)
- USNS "Mercy" (T-AH-19)
- USNS "Comfort" (T-AH-20)
Dry Cargo Ships (AK, T-AK).
- USS "Houston" (AK-1)
- USS "Kittery" (AK-2)
- USS "Newport News" (AK-3)
- USS "Bath" (AK-4)
- USS "Gulfport" (AK-5)
- USS "Beaufort" (AK-6)
- USS "Pensacola" (AK-7