- SS Cleveland
The SS "Cleveland" was a steam-powered ship that ran in the early 1900s. It was operated by the
Hamburg America Line as a cargo and passenger ship between the United States and Germany, and brought many immigrants to the US from Germany during that time.The SS "Cleveland" was built by Blohm & Voss in
Hamburg, Germany in 1908, being 588 feet long, 65 feet wide, and measuring 16,960 gross tons (another source states 607 ft long, 63 ft wide). She was the sister ship to the SS "Cincinnati". With twin-screw propellers and quadruple-expansionsteam engine s, the maximum speed was 16 knots. The passenger capacity was 239 first-class, 224 second-class, 496 third-class, and 1,882 steerage. Her maiden voyage was in 1909, leaving from Hamburg, Germany onMarch 26 and arriving in the port of New York City onApril 8 .The "Cleveland" was involved in a collision on
January 12 1912 with the SS "Colorado" which was moored in Honolulu, Hawaii. As the "Cleveland" was being moved, harbor pilot Milton P. Sanders suddenly dropped dead. Control of the "Cleveland" was not maintained, resulting in collision with and moderate damage to the "Colorado".Service was suspended during World War I, during which "Cleveland" was kept at Hamburg. After that, the "Cleveland" was seized by the United States Government under Germany's reparations for the war, and in 1919 it was renamed USS "Mobile" (ID-4030).
In 1920 the ship was purchased by the Byron Steamship company based in London, England for use in cruises between New York and the Mediterranean. The name was changed a second time to "King Alexander". The ship was sold again in 1923 to
United States Lines , again being renamed back to the original "Cleveland" and used for passage between Hamburg and New York.Finally, the "Cleveland" was purchased back by the Hamburg America Line in 1926; its use continued until she was retired in 1931, and later disassembled for scrap in 1933 in Hamburg.
ee also
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List of ocean liners
* [http://www.cosmoclub.net/pc/SS_Cleveland.html Images of SS "Cleveland"]
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