SS President Hoover

History
United States
Name	President Hoover
Namesake	Herbert Hoover
Owner	Dollar Steamship Lines
Operator	Dollar Steamship Lines
Port of registry	San Francisco
Route	San Francisco – Kobe – Shanghai – Manila or; San Francisco – Honolulu – Manila;
Ordered	26 October 1929
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Yard number	339
Laid down	25 March 1930
Launched	9 December 1930
Completed	11 July 1931 (delivered)
Out of service	12 December 1937
Homeport	San Francisco
Identification	official number 221058; code letters MCLB (until 1933); ; Call sign KDMW (from 1934); ;
Fate	Ran aground, 11 December 1937; written off and scrapped in situ
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	21,936 GRT; 12,986 NRT;
Length	615.0 ft (187.5 m) p/p; 654 ft 3 in (199.42 m) o/a;
Beam	81.0 ft (24.7 m)
Draft	34 ft (10 m)
Depth	52.0 ft (15.8 m)
Installed power	26,500 shp
Propulsion	turbo-electric transmission;; twin screw;
Speed	20.5 knots (38 km/h; 24 mph) cruising; 22.2 knots (41 km/h; 26 mph) maximum
Capacity	988 passengers:; 214–307 1st Class; 133 Special Class; 170 Third Class; 380 Steerage Class; Cargo:; 7 cargo holds, total volume 608,850 cubic feet (17,241 m3), including 1 70,000 cubic feet (2,000 m3) refrigerated hold and space for 100 cars;
Crew	324 (1930); 330 (1937)
Sensors and ; processing systems	direction finding equipment
Notes	sister ship: President Coolidge

SS President Hoover was an ocean liner built for the Dollar Steamship Lines. She was completed in 1930 and provided a trans-Pacific service between the US and the Far East. In 1937 she ran aground on an island of Formosa (now known as Taiwan) during a typhoon and was declared a total loss. She had a sister ship, President Coolidge, that was completed in 1931, was made a troopship in 1941 and was lost after striking a mine while attempting to enter the harbor at Espiritu Santo in 1942.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.