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Last week’s mystery, “What’s this ship?” created more conflict than we reckoned on thanks to the “113” clue on the hull. Seems like there are different ships with the same hull number.
The ship in the photo was one of six through the years named USS Charleston. The one in the photo, LKA 113, was a cargo ship in service from 1968 to 1992 – not to be confused with USS Sitka (APA 113).
The photo got more guesses than any before, with correct answers from: Jay Altman, Don Hottel, Elizabeth Jones and Lonie Vieira-Walczak, all of Columbia; Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Jacie Godfrey and Charlie Adams, both of Florence; Bill Segars of Hartsville; Doris Mascaro and Linda Womack, both of Charleston; Zabrina Dennis and David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Robert Baldwin of Great Falls; Walter Shockley of Georgetown; Hope Williams of Varnville; Ily Lamb of Greenville; Karen Fairey of Orangeburg; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Cheryl Oliver of Summerville; Larry Barker of Murrells Inlet; Pat Keadle of Wagener; Deby Stewart of Aiken; and Andrew deLeon.
- Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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