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History - 1920-31 Vessel Statistics
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President
Coolidge (First)
Built 1931 by Newport News
Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia. Hull No. 340, O/N 231,219
LOA=654'3", LBP=615'0", B=81'0" D=52'0", Draft=34'0"
Displacement=33,400 LT, Deadweight=(?), Gross tonnage=21,936
Cargo capacity: 608,850 Cu Ft., Passengers: 845, Speed=20
knots
Machinery: Twin screw, steam turbo electric drive, 26,500 HP @ 133 RPM,
12 B&W WT boilers.
Built for Dollar Steamship Lines, transferred to APL in 1938. Sunk October 26,
1942 after striking a “friendly” U.S. mine at the entrance to harbor,
Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Of some 5,000 troops and crew aboard only three
persons were lost.
President
Hoover (First)
Built 1931 by Newport News
Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia. Hull No. 339, O/N 231,008
LOA=654'3", LBP=615'0", B=81'0" D=52'0", Draft=34'0"
Displacement=33,400 LT, Deadweight=(?), Gross tonnage=21,936
Cargo capacity: 608,850 Cu Ft., Passengers: 845, Speed=20
knots
Machinery: Twin screw, steam turbo electric drive, 26,500 HP @ 133 RPM,
12 B&W WT boilers.
Built for Dollar Steamship Lines. Lost by grounding on Hoi Shoto Island, off the
southeast coast of Formosa (now Taiwan) December 10, 1937. No lives were lost.
President Hayes (First)
Built 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 245, O/N 220,858
LOA=522'8", LBP=502'0", B=62'0", D=42'0", Draft=32'3"
Displacement=21,100 LT, Deadweight=13,050 LT, Gross tonnage=10,533
Cargo capacity: 464,710 Cu Ft., Passengers: 223, Speed=14 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 3500 HP each at 105 RPM. Six Scotch marine single-ended fire tube boilers, 220 PSI WP and 50 degrees fahrenheit superheat.
Originally CREOLE STATE. Renamed President Hayes 1922. Purchased by Dollar Steamship Lines from U.S. Shipping Board 1923. Transferred to APL 1938. Renamed President Tyler (First) 1940. Requisitioned by the Navy in January 1942 but converted to an Army transport. Conversion to a hospital ship was commenced by Bethlehem Steel Co., Boston, Massachusetts in February 1945 and renamed HOWARD A. McCURDY. Conversion terminated when V-J Day occurred. Renamed President Tyler in 1946 and assigned to carrying military dependents. Sold for scrapping March 1947.
President Monroe (First)
Built 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 247, O/N 220,325
LOA=522'8", LBP=502'0", B=62'0", D=42'0", Draft=32'3"
Displacement=21,100 LT, Deadweight=13,050 LT, Gross tonnage=10,533
Cargo capacity: 470,530 Cu Ft., Passengers: 247, Speed=14 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 3500 HP each at 105 RPM. Six Scotch marine single-ended fire tube boilers, 220 PSI WP and 50 degrees fahrenheit superheat.
Originally PANHANDLE STATE. Operated in the North Atlantic by U.S. Lines 1921-1922. Transferred to Dollar Steamship Lines 1922 and renamed President Monroe. Sold to Dollar Lines in 1923. Served in Round-the-World trade. Transferred to APL 1938. Renamed President Buchanan (First) in 1940. Although not listed as troopship, she served as such under War Shipping Administration direction in 1942-1943 until transferred to the U.S. Army in November 1943 for conversion to a hospital ship by Atlantic Basin Iron Works, New York. Renamed EMILY H.M. WEDER July 1944. Reconverted 1946 to carry military dependents by Consolidated Steel Co., San Pedro, California and renamed President Buchanan. Sold for scrap March 21, 1957.
President
Polk (First)
Built 1920 by New York Shipbuilding
Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 246, O/N 221,054
LOA=522'8", LBP=502'0", B=62'0", D=42'0", Draft=32'3"
Displacement=21,100 LT, Deadweight=13,050 LT, Gross tonnage=10,496
Cargo capacity: 439,680 Cu Ft., Passengers: 128, Speed=14
knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated
at 3500 HP each at 105 RPM. Six Scotch marine single-ended fire tube boilers,
220 PSI WP and 50 degrees fahrenheit superheat.
Originally GRANITE STATE. Operated in the North Atlantic by U.S. Lines 1921-1922.
Transferred to Dollar Steamship Lines 1922 and renamed President Polk.
Sold to Dollar Lines 1923. Served in the Round-the-World trade. Transferred to
APL 1938. Renamed President Taylor (First) in 1940. Although not listed
as a troopship, she served as such briefly after being requisitioned by the government
in mid-December 1941. Grounded on a coral reef at Canton Island February 14, 1942
where she remained, a total loss.
President
Adams (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding
Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 249, O/N 221,203
LOA=522'8", LBP=502'0", B=62'0", D=42'0", Draft=32'3"
Displacement=21,100 LT, Deadweight=13,050 LT, Gross tonnage=10,495
Cargo capacity: 445,800 Cu Ft., Passengers: 153, Speed=14
knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated
at 3500 HP each at 105 RPM. Six Scotch marine single-ended boilers, 220 PSI WP
and 50 degrees fahrenheit superheat.
Originally CENTENNIAL STATE. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by U.S. Lines
in North Atlantic service from 1921 to 1923. Renamed President Adams (First)
1922. Sold to Dollar Steamship Lines 1923. Transferred to APL 1938. Renamed President
Grant (Second) 1940. While serving as a troop transport the ship grounded
on Uluma Reef near Milne Bay, New Guinea February 26, 1944 and declared a total
loss on June 17, 1944. There was no loss of life.
President Garfield (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 250, O/N 221,426
LOA=522'8", LBP=502'0", B=62'0", D=42'0", Draft=32'3"
Displacement=21,100 LT, Deadweight=13,050 LT, Gross tonnage=10,533
Cargo capacity: 445,800 Cu Ft., Passengers: 149, Speed=14 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 3500 HP each at 105 RPM. Six Scotch marine single-ended fire tube boilers, 220 PSI WP and 50 degrees fahrenheit superheat.
Originally BLUE HEN STATE. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by U.S. Lines in North Atlantic service from 1921 to 1923. Renamed President Garfield 1922. Transferred to Dollar Steamship Lines in 1923. Sold to Dollar Lines in 1926. Transferred to APL in 1938. Renamed President Madison (Second) 1940. Acquired by the Navy April 11, 1942 for conversion to a troop transport. Renamed U.S.S. KENMORE AP-62 August 5, 1942. Converted to a hospital ship by Maryland D.D. Co., Baltimore, Maryland and renamed U.S.S. REFUGE AH-11 on February 24, 1944. Returned to War Shipping Administration June 29, 1946. Sold for scrap to Consolidated Builders on February 2, 1948, and broken up.
President Harrison (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 248, O/N 220,952
LOA=522'8", LBP=502'0", B=62'0", D=42'0", Draft=32'3"
Displacement=21,100 LT, Deadweight=13,050 LT, Gross tonnage=10,533
Cargo capacity: 440,704 Cu Ft., Passengers: 133, Speed=14 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 3500 HP each at 105 RPM. Six Scotch marine single-ended fire tube boilers, 220 PSI WP and 50 degrees fahrenheit superheat.
Originally WOLVERINE STATE. Renamed President Harrison 1922 and operated for the U.S. Shipping Board in U.S. Pacific coast/East coast of South America trade. Transferred to Dollar Steamship Lines 1923. Inaugurated first Round-the-World service for Dollar Lines January 5, 1924. Sold to Dollar Lines 1926. Transferred to APL 1938. In December 1941 Harrison was chartered by the government to remove elements of the 4th Marines and Navy personnel from Shanghai. While on her way to Chinwangtao to embark other Marines she was captured by the Japanese off the Yangtze River, December 9, 1941. Renamed KAKKO MARU and later again renamed KACHIDOKI MARU. Sunk while carrying 750 Allied prisoners of war by U.S. submarine U.S.S. PAMPANITO (now at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco) east of Formosa (Taiwan) September 12, 1944.
President Van Buren (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 244, O/N 220,709
LOA=522'8", LBP=502'0", B=62'0", D=42'0", Draft=32'3"
Displacement=21,100 LT, Deadweight=13,050 LT, Gross tonnage=10,533
Cargo capacity: 468,000 Cu Ft., Passengers: 120, Speed=14 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, two 4-cylinder triple expansion steam engines rated at 3500 HP each at 105 RPM. Six Scotch marine single-ended fire tube boilers, 220 PSI WP and 50 degrees fahrenheit superheat.
Originally OLD NORTH STATE. Operated in the North Atlantic by U.S. Lines 1921-1922. Transferred to Dollar Steamship Lines 1922 and renamed President Van Buren. Sold to Dollar Lines in 1923. Served in Round-the-World trade. Transferred to APL 1938. Renamed President Fillmore (Second) in 1940. Requisitioned by the Army in December 1941 and used as a troop carrier until October 1943. Converted to a hospital ship by Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard and renamed MARIGOLD in June 1944. Decommissioned, renamed President Fillmore June 8, 1946 and placed in the reserve fleet at Suisun Bay, California. Sold for scrapping January 14, 1948.
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President Cleveland (First)
Built 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia. Hull No. 256, O/N 220,485
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,210 LT, Gross tonnage=12,554
Cargo capacity: 479,105 Cu Ft., Passengers: 934, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally GOLDEN STATE. Renamed President Cleveland June 3, 1922. Sold by U.S. Shipping Board to Dollar Steamship Lines 1925. Transferred to APL 1938. Chartered by the Army in July 1941, converted for troopship use and renamed TASKER H. BLISS. Transferred to the Navy August 19, 1942. Commissioned as AP-42 on September 15, 1942 after further conversion by Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, Maryland. Torpedoed and sunk while at anchor in Fedhalla Roads, Morocco by German submarine U-130 on November 12, 1942.
President Grant (First)
Built 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Hull No. 4195, O/N 221,633
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,210 LT, Gross tonnage=12,554
Cargo capacity: 452,000 Cu Ft., Passengers: 873, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally PINE TREE STATE. Renamed President Grant in 1922. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by American Orient Line from 1921 to 1926 when it was sold to that line. Subsequently this became the American Mail Line in 1930. Laid up from 1936 until 1940 when taken over by the Navy, converted to a troop transport by Todd Shipyard, Seattle, Washington, on August 9, 1940 and commissioned U.S.S. HARRIS AP-8. After earning ten battle stars she was decommissioned April 16, 1946. Renamed President Grant 1946. Sold to American Ship Breakers, Inc., for scrapping July 20, 1948.
President Jackson (First)
Built 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia. Hull No. 257, O/N 221,058
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,210 LT, Gross tonnage=14,123
Cargo capacity: 452,000 Cu Ft., Passengers: 656, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally SILVER STATE. Renamed President Jackson June 23, 1922. Served during the 1920s and 1930s in the West Coast to Far East trade, first with the Pacific Steamship Line, then with the Admiral Orient Line and then Dollar Steamship Lines. Transferred to APL 1938. Acquired from APL by the Navy in July 1940, converted to a troop transport, and renamed U.S. ZEILIN AP-9. Decommissioned April 19, 1946 after earning eight battle stars and returned to the Maritime Commission. Sold for scrap to American Ship Breakers, Inc. May 4, 1948.
President Jefferson (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 240, O/N 221,042
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,210 LT, Gross tonnage=14,174
Cargo capacity: 452,000 Cu Ft., Passengers: 876, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally WENATCHEE. Operated by Pacific Steamship Co. until 1922 and renamed
President Jefferson. Transferred to American Oriental Line in 1922 and
subsequently sold to that line in 1926 while operating under the line’s trade
name of American Mail Line. Laid up in Seattle from 1938 until purchased by the
Army in October 1940 and renamed HENRY T. ALLEN. Acquired by the Navy December
6, 1941, converted for Navy use by Moore Dry Dock, Oakland California and commissioned
at U.S.S. HENRY T. ALLEN AP-30 April 22, 1942. Later redesignated APA-15. Decommissioned
February 5, 1946 and returned to the Army. Renamed President Jefferson
February 1946. Sold to Boston Metals, Baltimore, Maryland for scrapping in March
1948.
President Lincoln (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 256, O/N 221,645
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,310 LT, Gross tonnage=12,594
Cargo capacity: 480,600 Cu Ft., Passengers: 834, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally HOOSIER STATE. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Renamed President Lincoln 1922. Transferred operation to Dollar Steamship Lines. Sold to Dollar Steamship in April 1925. Transferred to APL 1938. Sold to Berge y Compania in June 1940, placed under Spanish registry and renamed MARIA DEL CARMEN. In July 1940 she was sold to Ybarra & Cia and renamed CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. Scrapped 1958 at Barcelona, Spain.
President Madison (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 251, O/N 221,727
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,310 LT, Gross tonnage=14,187
Cargo capacity: 452,000 Cu Ft., Passengers: 852, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally BAY STATE. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by Admiral Oriental Line from 1921 to 1926. Renamed President Madison in 1922. Sold to Admiral Oriental in 1926. Transferred to American Mail Line, the successor to Admiral Oriental, in 1926. Sunk at the dock in Seattle, Washington, March 24, 1933. Raised and repaired but out of service for six years. Sold to Philippine Mail Lines in 1939 and renamed PRESIDENT QUEZON. Lost on maiden voyage of new owner by grounding on the Riukiu Islands off Japan in January 1940. She was raised and scrapped in Japan.
President McKinley (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 253, O/N 221,314
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,210 LT, Gross tonnage=14,127
Cargo capacity: 452,000 Cu Ft., Passengers: 835, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally KEYSTONE STATE. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by Admiral Oriental Line from 1921 until 1926. Renamed President McKinley June 9, 1922. Sold to Admiral Oriental Line 1926. Transferred to American Mail Line, the successor to Admiral Oriental, in 1926. Sold to the Army October 26, 1940, converted to a troop transport, and renamed J. FRANKLIN BELL. Transferred to the Navy December 26, 1941 and designated AP-34. After earning six battle stars she was decommissioned March 20, 1946 and returned to the War Shipping Administration. Renamed President McKinley February 1947. Sold April 3, 1948 to Boston Metals Co. and scrapped at Baltimore, Maryland.
President Pierce (First)
Built 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Hull No. 4180, O/N 220,987
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,210 LT, Gross tonnage=12,124
Cargo capacity: 479,105 Cu Ft., Passengers: 874, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally HAWKEYE STATE. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by the Matson Line from February 1921 to May 1922, making four voyages between the East Coast and Hawaii. Transferred to Pacific Mail Steamship Co. June 26, 1922 and renamed President Pierce. Sold to Dollar Steamship Co.1926. Transferred to APL 1938. Taken over by the Army July 10, 1941 and renamed HUGH L. SCOTT. Transferred to the Navy August 14, 1942, converted to an attack transport by Tietjen & Lang, Hoboken, New Jersey, and commissioned U.S.S. HUGH L. SCOTT, AP-43. Sunk by torpedo from German submarine U-130 at Fedhala Roads, North Africa, November 12, 1942. Eight officers and 51 men were lost.
President Taft (First)
Built 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Sparrows Point, Baltimore, Maryland. Hull No. 4181, O/N 221,233
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,210 LT, Gross tonnage=12,124
Cargo capacity: 479,105 Cu Ft., Passengers: 846, Speed: 18 knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers, 265#WP.
Originally BUCKEYE STATE. Operated by the Matson Line from June 1921 to March 1922, making three voyages from the East Coast to Hawaii. Transferred to Pacific Mail Steamship Co. June 26, 1922 and renamed President Taft. Sold to Dollar Steamship Co. 1926. Transferred to APL 1938. Taken over by the Army June 1941. Converted to a troop transport and renamed WILLARD A. HOLBROOK in September 1941. Conversion to a hospital ship was commenced at Mobile, Alabama in March 1943, and the ship tentatively renamed ARMIN W. LEUSCHNER. Work was discontinued with the coming of V-J day and the name WILLARD A. HOLBROOK restored. Vessel proceeded to New York and converted to a military dependent carrier by Todd Shipyard. Remained in this service until the summer of 1946. Sold for scrapping October 29, 1957.
President
Wilson (First)
Built 1921 by New York Shipbuilding
Co., Camden, New Jersey. Hull No. 254, O/N 221,374
LOA=535'0", LBP=518'0", B=72'0", D=50'0", Draft=30'7"
Displacement=21,350 LT, Deadweight=11,310 LT, Gross tonnage=14,124
Cargo capacity: 478,100 Cu Ft., Passengers: 488, Speed: 18
knots
Machinery: Twin screw, geared steam turbine, 12,000 HP. Eight B&W WT boilers,
265#WP.
Originally EMPIRE STATE. Operated for the U.S. Shipping Board by Pacific Mail
Steamship Co. Renamed President Wilson 1922 and transferred to Dollar Steamship
Lines. Sold to Dollar 1925. Transferred to APL 1938. Sold to Berge y Compania
1940, transferred to Spanish registry, and renamed MARIA PEPA. Again sold in 1940
to Ybarra & Cia and renamed CABO DE HORNOS. Scrapped at Aviles, Spain in 1959.
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