SS Santa Rosa (1916)
USS Santa Rosa returning to the United States with troops on board, 1919.
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History | |
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Name | SS Santa Rosa |
Operator | Grace Line (1917, 1919-1925) |
Port of registry | New York City |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 438[1] |
Launched | December 27, 1916 |
In service | January 1917 |
Fate | Sold in 1925 |
Name | USAT Santa Rosa |
Operator | US Army (1917-1919) |
Port of registry | New York City |
Acquired | August 29, 1917 |
Fate | Transferred to US Navy March 10, 1919 |
Name | USS Santa Rosa (ID-2169) |
Operator | US Navy (1919) |
Port of registry | New York City |
Acquired | March 10, 1919 |
Fate | Returned to owners October 27, 1919 |
Name | SS Oregonian |
Operator | American-Hawaiian Steamship Company (1925-1942) |
Acquired | 1925 |
Out of service | 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by aerial torpedo, 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger/Cargo Liner |
Tonnage | 6,415 GRT |
Length | 417.5 ft (127 m) |
Beam | 54.8 ft (16.7 m) |
Installed power | 1 quadruple expansion |
Propulsion | Single screw |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
SS Santa Rosa (later SS Oregonian) was a passenger/cargo ocean liner in service for the Grace Line and later the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. The vessel also saw military transport service during both World War I and World War II.
Built at William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company in Philadelphia, the vessel was completed in January 1917. She was named Santa Rosa and entered commercial service for the Grace Line.[2] (Two later vessels would also carry the name Santa Rosa for Grace Line.)[3]
After the United States entered
On 26 December 1922, Santa Rosa ran aground at Charleston, South Carolina;[5] she was refloated on 31 December 1922.[6] In 1925 she was sold to the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company and renamed SS Oregonian. She served her new owners in Pacific inter-coastal service[7] for 17 years.
On September 13, 1942, Oregonian was in the
References
- ^ "Ships Built - Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "SS Santa Rosa (1917)". Michael W. Pocock and MaritimeQuest. com. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Grace Line Fleet 1882-1969". TheShipsList.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Santa Rosa (ID 2169)". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43225. London. 29 December 1922. col F, p. 10.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43227. London. 1 January 1923. col E, p. 18.
- ^ Watts, Ian (23 October 2009). "American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, 1899-1956". Through the Hawse Pipe. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged in Murmansk Run". American Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. in WWII". Eric Stone, ssarkansan.com. Retrieved 24 February 2012.