SS Santa Paula (1932)

	Santa Paula, c. 1932
History
Name	SS Santa Paula
Operator	Grace Line (1932-1941, 1947-1958)
Port of registry	San Francisco, California
Route	New York - Havana - Cristobal - the Panama Canal - Balboa - Puntarenas - La Libertad - San Jose de Guatemala - Mazatlan - Los Angeles - San Francisco - Seattle.
Ordered	1930
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Yard number	122
Laid down	4 August 1931
Launched	11 June 1932
Completed	23 December 1932 (Delivery)
Maiden voyage	24 January 1933 arrival San Francisco
Out of service	1958
Identification	Official number:232005 ; Call letters: WKEK;
Fate	Sold in 1961
Name	USAT Santa Paula
Operator	War Shipping Administration (1941–46)
Port of registry	San Francisco, California
Name	SS Acropolis
Operator	Aegean Steam Navigation Co (Typaldos Line)
Acquired	1961
In service	1961
Out of service	1966
Homeport	Piraeus, Greece
Identification	IMO number: 5002041
Fate	Scrapped 1971, Eleusis, Greece
General characteristics
Tonnage	9,135 GRT, 3,839 NRT
Displacement	Commercial 16,500 tons
Length	508 ft (154.8 m) (overall); 484.4 ft (147.6 m) (registry);
Beam	72.2 ft (22.0 m)
Draft	26 ft 2.5 in (8.0 m)
Depth	25.8 ft 11 in (8.1 m) (register); 38 ft 11 in (11.9 m) (molded to B deck);
Installed power	4 X Babcock & Wilcox boilers furnishing steam for main engines & auxiliaries. 2 X 500 kw DC generators 1 on each main engine low pressure side, 2 X 500 kw standby generating sets
Propulsion	2 X General Electric double reduction gear steam turbines, 6,000 shp normal, 6,600 shp max (propeller speeds 95/98 rpm),
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) (contract); 20.05 knots (37.13 km/h; 23.07 mph) (trial);
Capacity	Passengers:; 225 first, 65 third class; (As troopship) 2,209; Cargo:; 250,000 cu ft (7,079.2 m3) (hold); 42,000 cu ft (1,189.3 m3) (refrigerated);
Crew	180 (registry)
Notes	sister ships:; Santa Elena, Santa Lucia, Santa Rosa;

SS Santa Paula (later SS Acropolis) was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line. She was the second of four sister ships (the others being Santa Elena, Santa Lucia and Santa Rosa) ordered in 1930 from the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, NJ. Her regular service route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the US via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. She later sailed on cruises from New York to the Caribbean and South America. She was the second of three vessels to bear the name Santa Paula for Grace Line service. (The first Grace Line Santa Paula was a 1916-built ship that was sold in 1925 and sunk in 1943.)

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