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President Fillmore (First)
Built 1904 by New York Shipbuilding
Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 5, O/N 200,493
LOA=615'4", LBP=600'0", B=65'0", D=51'3", Draft=33'6"
Displacement=26,700 LT, Deadweight=12,300 LT, Gross tonnage=15,575
Cargo capacity: 559,000 CuFt., Passengers: 260, Speed=15
knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder quadruple expansion steam engines,
11,000 total HP. Four double-ended and 4 single-ended fire tube boilers, 215 PSI
WP, originally coal fired but converted to oil fired in 1919.
Originally MONGOLIA. Built for and operated by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. from
1904 to 1915. Sold to Atlantic Transport Co. 1915. After service as a troop transport
in World War I was employed in North Atlantic and Intercoastal trade. From 1925
until 1929 was operated in the Pacific by Panama Pacific Line. Sold to Dollar
Steamship Lines 1929 and renamed President Fillmore. Laid up in 1931 and
transferred to APL in 1938. Sold to Wallem & Co. in February 1940, transferred
to Panamanian flag and renamed PANAMANIAN. Sold for scrap and broken up at Shanghai
in 1947.
President Johnson (First)
Built 1904 by New York Shipbuilding
Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 6, O/N 200,690
LOA=615'4", LBP=600'0", B=65'0", D=51'3", Draft=33'6"
Displacement=26,700 LT, Deadweight=12,300 LT, Gross tonnage=15,543
Cargo capacity: 577,816 CuFt., Passengers: 252, Speed=15
knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder quadruple expansion steam engines,
11,000 total HP. Four double-ended and 4 single-ended fire tube boilers, 215 PSI
WP, originally coal fired but converted to oil fired in 1919.
Originally MANCHURIA. Built for and operated by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. from
1904 to 1915. Sold to Atlantic Transport Co. 1915. After service as a troop transport
in World War I was employed in North Atlantic and Intercoastal trade. From 1925
until 1929 operated in the Pacific by Panama Pacific Line. Sold to Dollar Steamship
Lines 1929 and renamed President Johnson. Laid up in 1931 and transferred
to APL in 1938. Served as a troop transport under APL operation in World War II
until January 14, 1946. Sold to Tronsmar Navigation Co. January 10, 1947 and subsequently
operated by Tagus Navigation Co., Panama and renamed SANTA CRUZ. Scrapped in Italy
1952.
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