SS Minnekahda (1917)

SS Minnekahda was a passenger liner laid down in 1914, but construction was delayed by World War I. The hull was completed without a superstructure in 1917 and transferred to American registry in 1920. Fore River Shipyard refitted the hull to carry over two thousand immigrant passengers for the American Line. She entered service between Hamburg and New York City on 31 March 1921. Atlantic Transport Line then converted the ship for tourist-class service from 1924 until 1931. The ship was then laid up at New York by the Great Depression until scrap metal prices rose in response to German rearmament.[1]

Minnekahda general arrangement as completed in 1921.
History
United States
Name: SS Minnekahda
Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Laid down: 1914
Launched: 1917
Acquired: 1920
In service: 1921
Out of service: 1931
Fate: broken up in Dalmuir, 1936
General characteristics
Type: Ocean liner
Displacement: 17,221 long tons (17,497 t)
Length: 646 ft (197 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Propulsion: Triple screw, triple expansion engines and turbine
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)

Citations

  1. Emmons, Frederick (1972). The Atlantic Liners. New York: Bonanza Books. p. 37.

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