Built in 1909 as SS Rheingraf by H. Koch A. G., Lubeek, Germany

Renamed SS Rudolph Blumberg

Seize at Pensacola FL, and acquired by the Navy in April 1917

Commissioned USS Beaufort at New Orleans, LA. September 20, 1917

Reclassified Cargo Ship AK-6 July 17, 1920

Decommissioned December 23, 1925 at Norfolk Navy Yard

Struck from the Naval Register December 23, 1925

Sold October 1926 to Norwegian Shipping Co., renamed SS Fjorden

Final Disposition, reportedly lost, April 12, 1933

Specifications:
Length 288' 10"
Beam 40'
Draft 18' 4"
Speed 8 kts.
Armament four 3" guns