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SS Washington in the United States Lines livery colors. 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.
Learn about the S.S. Washington, a former passenger and troop transport ship built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. in 1933 and launched in 1933. She served as a New York-Hamburg and New York-Southampton service from 1946 to 1951, and was mothballed and broken up in 1965.
Ten minutes to abandon ship! SS Washington in Stand-Off With U-Boat! On September 3, 1939 a few hours after Britain declared war on Germany, the SS Athenia, a British passenger ship, was torpedoed by U-30. Among the 1,302 on board were more than 300 Americans hurrying home. 118 passengers and crew were killed in the initial explosion or died ...
SS Washington Passenger Lists 1933-1951. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS Washington Available at the GG Archives. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route. Commander: Captain George Fried, USN, Retired. Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list ...
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Title: SS WASHINGTON US Passenger Ship, 1933-65. Caption: The United States lines WASHINGTON in the Panama Canal, probably early in 1940 when in New York-California service. 1941-45 she served as the Navy transport MOUNT VERNON (AP-22), and was renamed WASHINGTON in 1945. Laid up in 1951, she was scrapped in 1965. Description: Catalog #: NH 43545.
Home Ships Passenger Liners SS Washington Fast Facts Hull #: 406 Named for: Named after the US capital 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…
