William A. McKenney, a 6256 gross ton freighter, was launched at Newport News, Virginia, in late October 1916 for employment by the Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Company of Boston, Massachusetts. She was taken over by the Navy in June 1918 and placed in commission as USS William A. McKenney (ID # 2102). For the remainder of World War I, and for a few months after the November 1918 Armistice, she was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, making three round-trip voyages between the United States and France. The ship was decommissioned at the end of January 1919 and transferred to the U.S. Shipping Board for return to her owner. William A. McKenney's subsequent commercial career lasted until 4 October 1942, when she was sunk off British Guiana by the German submarine U-175.
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