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Kaiser Wilhelm II

 
Norddeutscher Lloyd Line
 


Image of ss Kaiser Wilhelm II (Norddeutscher Lloyd Line)



Length: 706 ft.
Breadth: 72 ft.
Draft (or Depth): 29 ft.
Tonnage: 19,361 (gross)
Engines: Steam quadruple expansion engines, 2 propellers
Speed: 23.5 knots
Builder: AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany
Launched: August 12, 1902
Maiden Voyage: April 14, 1903
Disposition: 1940 - 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:
Wireless call letters: D K M
Details: Capacity: 1,888 passengers, 962 crew; Wartime armament: 4 × 6 in (150 mm) guns, 2 × 1-pounder guns, 2 × Colt Lewis .30-cal. machine guns, 10 × depth charges


 

Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.

Mentioned during testimony at the inquiries.


Data:

August 12, 1902

Launched by AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany, for the Norddeutscher Lloyd Company's

April 14, 1903

Maiden voyage:

April 6, 1917

Following the U.S. declaration of war with Germany the vessel was seized.

August 21, 1917

Commissioned: USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (ID-3004)

September 1, 1917

Renamed: USS Agamemnon.

December 1918

Following the armistice the vessel was used to repatriate G.I.'s to America.

August 1919

Decommissioned.

1927

Renamed: USAT Monticello.

1940

Considered unusable - the vessel was sold for scrapping.

 


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