USS Munwood (ID-4460)

USS Munwood (ID-4460) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.

A painting depicting USS Munwood at sea in late 1918 or early 1919.
History
United States
Name	USS Munwood
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engine Company, Greenock, Scotland
Completed	1914
Acquired	16 October 1918
Commissioned	26 October 1918
Decommissioned	3 March 1919
Fate	Returned to owners 3 March 1919
Notes	In commercial service as SS Munwood 1914-1918 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	3,190 Gross register tons 5,400 deadweight tons
Displacement	8,516 ton (estimated)
Length	345 ft (105 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	48 ft (15 m)
Draft	22 ft 3.5 in (6.795 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	11.5 knots
Complement	87
Armament	1 × 5-inch (127-millimeter) gun 1 × 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) gun

SS Munwood was built as a commercial cargo ship by the Scotts Shipbuilding and Engine Company at Greenock, Scotland, in 1914. The United States Army acquired her for World War I service in September 1917 from her owner, Munson Steamship Lines of New York City. The U.S. Navy acquired her on 16 October 1918, assigned her the naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 4460, and commissioned her at Baltimore, Maryland, as USS Munwood on 26 October 1918 with Lieutenant Commander W. D. L. Gilboy, USNRF, in command.

Munwood loaded a U.S. Army cargo and cleared Baltimore for France on 29 November 1918. En route she responded to a distress call from the Portuguese steamer Queda, took her in tow to Bermuda, and then proceeded on to Quiberon, France, arriving there on 10 January 1919. She proceeded to Nantes, France, where she discharged cargo on 20 January 1919. After a delay caused by a collision with the British steamer Baylula, Munwood cleared Nantes for Bermuda with mixed cargo, arriving there on 18 February 1919. She then proceeded to Baltimore, where she decommissioned on 3 March 1919. She was returned to Munson Steamship Lines the same day.