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SS Washington was a 24,189-ton luxury liner of the United States Lines, named after the US capital city. On 6 June 1941, the Washington was commissioned as the troopship USS Mount Vernon. In 1947 one deck was restored to prewar condition and the ship resumed commercial service.
Launched : August 20, 1932. Tonnage : 24,289 GRT. Length : 705 ft 3 in. Speed : 20.5 knots. Fate: Scrapped 1965 in Kearny, NJ. Trivia: Over the years, the Manhattan and her sister ship the Washington carried more passengers in proportion to their capacity than any of the giant foreign superstars.
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The ocean liner SS Washington in New York Shipbuilding Corporation’s outfitting bin (left) and the SS Washington against the Manhattan skyline, circa 1935 (right). The famous twin passenger ships SS Washington and Manhattan were 24,000 ton passenger liners launched in 1932.
Steam turbines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and two funnels. Launched, August 20, 1932. Maiden voyage: New York-Plymouth-Hamburg, May 10, 1933. Passengers: 500 cabin, 500 tourist, 200 third. War Service: Employed as a troopship during World War II, transporting thousands of American soldiers overseas.
S.S. Washington. The United States Lines' Washington was built by New York Shipbuilding Corp., of Camden, New Jersey, and was launched in 1933. She made her maiden voyage from New York to Hamburg on 10 May 1933. In 1940, after World War II began, she was switched to a New York-Genoa service which ended later that year.
After conversion to oil-fired boilers, the ship was chartered to the U.S. Army as USAT George Washington and sailed around the world in 1943 in trooping duties. The ship sailed in regular service to the United Kingdom and the Mediterranean from 1944 to 1947, and was laid up in Baltimore after ending her Army service.
Map of military operations since 1950. 1950–1953: Korean War: The United States responded to the North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. U.S. forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the active conflict (1953).
