SS New England (1920)

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

History
United States
NameNew England
NamesakeNew England
OwnerUSSB
BuilderSubmarine Boat Corp., Newark[1]
Yard number112[2]
Laid down21 October 1919
Launched31 January 1920[3]
ChristenedNew England Iron
CompletedApril 1920[2]
HomeportNewark
Identification
FateBroken up, 1929
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length324.0 ft (98.8 m) registry length[4]
Beam46.2 ft (14.1 m)[4]
Draft25 ft (7.6 m)[1]
Depth25.0 ft (7.6 m)[4]
Installed power386 NHP
Propulsion
Speed10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
Range10,080 nmi (18,670 km; 11,600 mi)
Crew37[4]

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).[1] She was launched on 31 January 1920,[3] completed in April 1920,[2] and named the New England.[2][3] In 1929, she was broken up at the Baltimore, Maryland shipyard of Union Shipbuilding.[2]

References

  1. McKellar, p. Part III, 74.
  2. McKellar, p. Part III, 76.
  3. The Marine Review 1921, p. 99.
  4. 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.

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