SS Ulysses (1914)

History
Name: SS Ulysses
Owner: Panama Canal Company
Route: Hampton Roads–Cristóbal, Colón
Builder: Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point
Launched: 12 December 1914
Acquired: 17 April 1915
Out of service: 1929
Fate: Unknown
General characteristics
Type: Collier
Displacement: 19,585 long tons (19,899 t) full load
Length: 536 ft (163 m)
Beam: 65 ft (20 m)
Draft: 28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Armament:
  • during World War I
  • 1 × 5 in (130 mm) gun
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun

The SS Ulysses (Panama Collier No. 1) was a steel-hulled screw steamer designed by the United States Navy and constructed at Sparrows Point, Maryland by the Maryland Steel Company under naval supervision; she was named for Ulysses (a character in Greek mythology and the protagonist of Homer's epic poem, the Odyssey

The ship was launched on 12 December 1914 and, on 17 April 1915 was delivered at the Norfolk Navy Yard to the Panama Canal Company.

Ulysses shuttled between Hampton Roads and the Panama Canal Zone, carrying coal to Cristobal, into 1917. During World War I the ship received a main battery of one 5-inch gun and a 3-inch gun and a Navy armed guard crew to man them while the ship continued to discharge her longstanding duties. The guns were apparently removed shortly after the Armistice ended hostilities. Throughout the War, Ulysses belonged to the Panama Canal Company and operated under the control of the Panama Railroad. She continued in this status after peace returned until 1929, the last year in which her name appeared on shipping registers.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.


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