USS Alameda (ID-1432)
.jpg) Alameda | |
| Career (USA) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Alameda (proposed) |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Owner: |
Oceanic Steamship Co (1883–1910) Alaska Steamship Co (1910–31) |
| Port of registry: | New York (by 1930) |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Acquired: | Never |
| Commissioned: | Never |
| Identification: |
US official number 106184 code letters KBML     |
| Fate: | Burned at a pier in Seattle, Washington, 28 November 1931 |
| Notes: | Registered with Identification Number (Id. No.) 1432 for potential US Navy service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | passenger ship |
| Tonnage: | 3,158 GRT tonnage under deck 2,936 1,939 NRT |
| Displacement: | 5,000 tons |
| Length: | 314.0 ft (95.7 m) p/p 332 ft 5 in (101.32 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 41.0 ft (12.5 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) |
| Depth: | 17.3 ft (5.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 434 NHP; 3,500 ihp |
| Propulsion: | triple-expansion steam engine, single screw |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Crew: | 52 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | wireless direction finding |
Note: This ship should not be confused with the motorboat Alameda, considered for World War I service as USS Alameda (SP-1040), but also never acquired or commissioned.
USS Alameda (ID-1432) was the proposed designation for a steamship that never actually served in the United States Navy.
Alameda was an iron-hulled passenger liner built in 1883 by the William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia[1] for the Oceanic Steamship Co. The Alaska Steamship Company bought her in 1910.
After the USA entered World War I in 1917, the US Navy's 13th Naval District inspected her for possible naval service, and she was registered accordingly with the Naval Registry Identification Number (ID. No.) 1432. However, the Navy appears never to have acquired or commissioned her.
Alameda remained in commercial use until she caught fire at a pier in Seattle on 28 November 1931. She was subsequently scrapped.
References
- ↑ Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 190. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.