SS New England (1920) - Misplaced Pages

For other ships with the same name, see SS New England.

History

United States
Name	New England
Namesake	New England
Owner	USSB
Builder	Submarine Boat Corp., Newark
Yard number	112
Laid down	21 October 1919
Launched	31 January 1920
Christened	New England Iron
Completed	April 1920
Homeport	Newark
Identification	US Official Number 219583 code letters: LVNQ
Fate	Broken up, 1929
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	3,545 GRT 5,075 DWT 2,174 NRT
Length	324.0 ft (98.8 m) registry length
Beam	46.2 ft (14.1 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Depth	25.0 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power	386 NHP
Propulsion	2 oil fired boilers, steam turbine, single screw propeller 4 Bayles vessels: triple expansion steam engine
Speed	10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Range	10,080 nmi (18,670 km; 11,600 mi)
Crew	37

SS New England was a Design 1023 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

History

She was laid down as yard number 112 at the Newark, New Jersey shipyard of the Submarine Boat Corporation (SBC), one of 132 Design 1023 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board (there were 154 ships of the class built in total). She was launched on 31 January 1920, completed in April 1920, and named the New England. In 1929, she was broken up at the Baltimore, Maryland shipyard of Union Shipbuilding.

References

^ McKellar, p. Part III, 74.
^ McKellar, p. Part III, 76.
^ The Marine Review 1921, p. 99.
^ Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Year ended June 30, 1923. Washington, D.C.: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. 1923. p. 140. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

Bibliography

McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part III, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
Marine Review (1921). "1920 Construction Record of U.S. Yards". The Marine Review. 51 (February). New York: 99. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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