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	SS Cacique in port, possibly when she was inspected by the 12th Naval District on 27 December 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Cacique
Namesake	Cacique is the Spanish adaptation of an Indian word for prince or chieftain.
Owner	New York and Pacific Steamship Company of New York City
Builder	Short Brothers of Sunderland, England
Christened	SS Cacique
Completed	in 1910 at Pallion, Sunderland
Acquired	leased by the US Navy 19 August 1918
Commissioned	19 August 1918 as USS Cacique (ID # 2213).
Decommissioned	24 March 1919 at Baltimore, Maryland
Fate	Returned to the United States Shipping Board on 24 March 1919 for return to her owners
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	6,202 GRT
Length	394 ft 2 in (120.14 m)
Beam	52 ft 3 in (15.93 m)
Draft	27 ft 11 in (8.51 m)
Installed power	three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
Propulsion	single screw
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	1x 5 inches (130 mm) gun mount

USS Cacique (ID-2213) was a freighter leased by the United States Navy in World War I. She was used to transport Allied personnel and cargo in support of the European fighting front. Post-war she was returned to her owners.

Built in England

SS Cacique, a 6,202 Gross register ton commercial freighter, was built in 1910 by Short Brothers of Sunderland, England. She was owned by the New York and Pacific Steamship Company of New York City. On 19 August 1918 she was transferred to the Navy from the United States Shipping Board and commissioned the same day as USS Cacique (ID # 2213).

World War I service

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Cacique sailed from Norfolk, Virginia on 30 August 1918 to take part in supplying the United States Army in France. She made two voyages to Marseilles, France with general cargo, and returned to Baltimore, Maryland on 2 March 1919.

Post-war disposition

After the November 1918 Armistice with Germany Cacique was decommissioned 24 March 1919, and returned to the US Shipping Board the same day. She was then returned to her owners.