USS Kerkenna (1900)
USS "Kerkenna" was a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919. Construction, early career, acquisition, and commissioning. "Kerkenna" was launched on 25 July 1900 at Port Glasgow, Scotland, by William Hamilton and Company as the commercial cargo ship "Borneo", and was delivered to her owners later that year. Later renamed "Kerkenna", she was the property of the Kerr Navigation Company of New York City when the United States Army took control of her on 22 November 1917 for World War I service. The U.S. Navy acquired her at Brest, France, on 28 September  1918 and commissioned her the same day as USS "Kerkenna" with Lieutenant A. F. Dahlstedt, USNRF, in command. Unlike most commercial ships commissioned into U.S. Navy service during World War I, "Kerkenna" never received a naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.). United States Navy service. Attached to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, "Kerkenna" carried coal and U.S. Army supplies between British and French ports until 24 February 1919. "Kerkenna" departed Inverness, Scotland, on 24 February 1919 with a cargo of naval mines and naval mine supplies for return to the United States. Reaching New York City on 19 March 1919 , she departed on 21 March 1919 for Norfolk, Virginia, where she arrived on 24 March 1919. She then was decommissioned on 16 April 1919 and transferred to the United States Shipping Board for immediate return to the Kerr Navigation Company. Later career. "Kerkenna" returned to commercial service. In 1921, Kerr Navigation sold her to the American Ship and Commerce Navigation Corporation, which renamed her "Mount Summit". She was sold again in 1922 to the Oceana Sea Navigation Company of Budapest, Hungary, and renamed "Alfold". In 1925, she was sold to George F. Andreadis of Chios, Greece, and renamed "Doris". She  was sold in 1929 to Turkish owners and renamed "Ikbal". Her long career came to an end when she was sold for scrapping on 2 July 1963.