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George Washington

 
Norddeutscher Lloyd Line
 


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Length: 699.1 ft.
Breadth: 78.2 ft.
Draft (or Depth):
Tonnage: 25,270 (gross), 15,539 (net)
Engines: Quadruple expansion, 8 cyl. (2) 38", (2) 57", (20 80", (2) 112" x 67" stroke
Speed: 19 knots
Builder: Akt. Gesft. "Vulcan," Stettin (Yard No. 286)
Launched: November 19, 1908
Maiden Voyage: June 12, 1909
Disposition: January 1951 (gutted by fire and subsequently scrapped.).
Particulars:








Port of Registry: Bremen, Germany
Flag of Registry: German
Funnel color: Buff; black top
Company flag: White; a represenatation of a large blue anchor and crossed keys
Signal Letters: Q J R H
Wireless call letters: D K N
Details: Steel hull, two funnels, four masts, twin screws, three decks, refrigeration machinery, submarine signal, electric lights, wireless.


 

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

April 11, 1912

Westbound, Bremen to New York, while at 43°34'N., 40°42'W., transmitted an ice warning to Hannover (westbound, Bremen to Philadelphia.)

Referred to in a memorandum for the British inqury referring to the lifeboat capacity of various steamers.


Data:

November 10, 1908

Launched, NDL's largest vessel prior to Columbus, 1924.

June 2, 1909

Sea trials.

June 12, 1909

Maiden voyage, Bremerhave - Southampton - New York.

August 3, 1914

Due to the outbreak of war in Europe she was laid up in New York.

April 6, 1917

Seized by the United States for use as a transport during World War I.

March 1919

Delivered U. S. President Woodrow Wilson to France for the Versailles conference.

1921

After reconditioning the vessel was taken over by the United States Lines, running between New York - Bremen.

1931

Laid up and mothballed for in the Patuxent River, Maryland.

January 28, 1941

Reacquired for Navy use from the United States Maritime Commission and commissioned as USS Catlin (AP-19).

During the course of World War II the vessel was utilized as a transport for both the U.S. and Great Britain

1942-3

Converted to an oil-burner at Todd Shipbuilding Yard, Brooklyn, New York.

April 21, 1947

Vessel was taken out of service and laid up in Baltimore, Maryland.

January 16, 1951

Gutted by fire at her Baltimore pier.

February 13, 1951

Sold to Boston Metals Corporation of Baltimore to be scrapped.

 


Courtesy: John P. Eaton. Used with permission.
Image Courtesy: Old Ship Photo Galleries (http://www.photoship.co.uk) Used with permission