A postcard of Manhattan
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History | |
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United States | |
Operator | United States Lines |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden |
Yard number | 405 |
Laid down | 6 December 1930 |
Launched | 5 December 1931 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. |
Acquired | 27 July 1932 (Delivered) |
Out of service | 1959 |
Renamed | USS Wakefield (AP-21) (1941) |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold to the United States Navy |
United States | |
Name | USS Wakefield |
Namesake | Wakefield, birthplace of George Washington |
Operator | United States Navy |
Acquired | (by the Navy) 6 June 1941 |
Commissioned |
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Renamed | USS Wakefield |
Stricken | 1959 |
Honors and awards | One battle star for World War II service |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1965 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 24,289 GRT, 13,924 NRT |
Length | |
Beam | 86 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) light load |
Depth | 79 ft (24 m) to promenade deck |
Decks | 9 |
Propulsion | steam turbines – twin screw |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) standard |
Capacity | 1,300 passengers (passenger service) |
Troops | 6,000 troops |
Crew | 481 |
Notes | sister ship: Washington |
SS Manhattan was a 24,189 GRT luxury ocean liner built for the United States Lines, named after the Manhattan borough of New York City. On 15 June 1941 she was commissioned as USS Wakefield (AP-21) and became the largest ship ever operated by the US Coast Guard. In 1942 she caught fire and was rebuilt as a troop ship. Post-war, she was moored in New York in May, before decommissioning in June 1946. She was laid up in reserve at Jones Point, New York. She never saw commercial service again, and was sold for scrap in 1965.