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SS President Grant may refer to the following ships: . SS President Grant originally the 1903 Servian, purchased by Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt Actien-Gesellschaft renamed SS President Grant in 1907, interned and seized on U.S. entry into World War I, served as USS President Grant (SP-3014), transferred to U.S. Army and renamed USAT Republic alternately served Army and Navy as USS ...
After being purchased by the Hamburg-American Packet Steamship Company (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft or HAPAG) in 1907, it was renamed the SS President Grant, the third ship named for Ulysses S. Grant. In August 1914, after seven years of trans-Atlantic passenger service, she took refuge at New York City when the ...
SS President was a British passenger liner that was the largest ship in the world when she was commissioned in 1840, [1] [2] and the first steamship to founder on the transatlantic run when she was lost at sea with all 136 on board in March 1841. She was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1840 to 1841. [3]
USS Grant County, a U.S. Navy tank landing ship in commission from 1957 to 1973, named after fifteen counties, some of which were named after Ulysses S. Grant USS Republic , a U.S. Navy troop transport which was in commission from 1917 to 1919 as USS President Grant (ID-3014) and from 1941 to 1945 as USS Republic (AP-33) from 1941 to 1945
President Grant; President Jackson; President Jefferson; President Madison (American ocean liner in service 1922–1938) President McKinley; Regular service ports of call in 1923 and 1936: Seattle, Victoria, Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila. Regular Passenger service ships in started in 1948: (service years) SS Java Mail (1948-1969)
SS President Taft was launched as one of the "state" ships, Buckeye State, completed by the United States Shipping Board as cargo passenger ships after originally being laid down as troop transports. Buckeye State had been laid down as Bertrice but was converted and renamed before launching.
The SS United States could travel at a speed of 38.32 knots (44.1 mph), which still holds the record for ocean liners.
See SS President Van Buren: SS Orizaba: 1939 Chartered for one voyage from Ward Line [28] SS Panhandle State: SS Peninsular State: SS Pennsylvania: 1929-1964 Refitted and renamed to SS Argentina in 1938 SS Pioneer Commander: 1967-1981 Type C4-S-57a cargo ship, IMO 5014305, originally American Commander, 1963 SS Pioneer Contender: 1967-1988