SS Winona

The SS Winona was an American steam merchant vessel. She was built at the end of the First World War, surviving to see action during the Second World War. She had an eventful wartime career, sailing as part of a number of convoys and surviving being torpedoed by a U-boat on one occasion.

History
United States
NameSS Winona
OperatorWeyerhaeuser Steamship Company, Tacoma, Washington
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey
Yard number6
Launched24 November 1918
CompletedFebruary 1919
Renamed
  • built as The Lambs
  • renamed Exporter in 1928
  • renamed Winona in 1937
  • renamed Akademik Pavlov in 1945 on transfer to the Soviet Union
FateScrapped 1974 in the Soviet Union
General characteristics
TypeDesign 1037 ship
Tonnage6,197 tons
Length411.5 ft
Beam55 ft
Draft27 ft
Speed10.5 kts
Crew56
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