SS President Hoover

History
United States
Name	President Hoover
Namesake	Herbert Hoover
Owner	Dollar Steamship Lines[1]
Operator	Dollar Steamship Lines
Port of registry	San Francisco[1]
Route	San Francisco – Kobe – Shanghai – Manila[2] or San Francisco – Honolulu – Manila[3]
Ordered	26 October 1929[4]
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding[1]
Yard number	339[5]
Laid down	25 March 1930[6]
Launched	9 December 1930[4][7]
Completed	11 July 1931 (delivered)[6]
Out of service	12 December 1937[8]
Homeport	San Francisco
Identification	official number 221058[1] code letters MCLB (until 1933)[1] Call sign KDMW (from 1934)[9]
Fate	Ran aground, 11 December 1937; written off and scrapped in situ[3][7][8]
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	21,936 GRT[1] 12,986 NRT[1]
Length	615.0 ft (187.5 m)[1] p/p 654 ft 3 in (199.42 m) o/a[7]
Beam	81.0 ft (24.7 m)[1]
Draft	34 ft (10 m)[7]
Depth	52.0 ft (15.8 m)[1]
Installed power	26,500 shp[4]
Propulsion	turbo-electric transmission;[1] twin screw[4]
Speed	20.5 knots (38 km/h; 24 mph) cruising;[5] 22.2 knots (41 km/h; 26 mph) maximum[7]
Capacity	988 passengers:[10] 214–307 1st Class[4][7] 133 Special Class[7] 170 Third Class[7] 380 Steerage Class[4][7] Cargo: 7 cargo holds,[4] total volume 608,850 cubic feet (17,241 m3),[7] including 1[4] 70,000 cubic feet (2,000 m3)[7] refrigerated hold and space for 100 cars[4][7]
Crew	324 (1930);[7][10] 330 (1937)[2]
Sensors and processing systems	direction finding equipment[1]
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 off 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.