S.S. Lake Tulare, a 2005 gross ton freighter built at Superior, Wisconsin was originally begun on British account as S.S. War Valour. Taken over by the United States while under construction and given her "Lake" name, she was completed in April 1918. The U.S. Army employed her until October 1918, when the Navy placed her in commission at Cardiff, Wales as USS Lake Tulare (ID # 2652). The ship carried coal, food and military cargo between European ports until the late summer of 1919, when she recrossed the Atlantic to New York to be decommissioneed and returned to the U.S. Shipping Board. Lake Tulare was sold to foreign owners in 1923 and renamed Bestik. She was again renamed in 1934, becoming Hai Hsiang. She was sunk in Chinese waters in December 1941.
This page features the only view we have concerning USS Lake Tulare (ID # 2652) and the civilian S.S. Lake Tulare, Bestik and Hai Hsiang.
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Page made 26 December 2010