SS Taormina (1908)

Taormina
History
Italy
Name	Taormina
Namesake	Taormina, Sicily
Owner	1908–1912: Italia Soc di Nav a Vap 1912–1918: Lloyd Italiano 1918–1929: Nav Gen Italiana
Port of registry	Genoa
Route	1908–1912: Genoa – New York – Philadelphia 1912–1919: Genoa – Naples – New York 1919–1923, 1927: Genoa – Marseille – New York
Builder	D&W Henderson & Co, Glasgow
Yard number	462
Launched	15 February 1907
Completed	1908
Maiden voyage	3 September 1908
Identification	Italian official number 386 code letters SLOB wireless telegraphy call sign: 1913: MOT 1914: IYT
Fate	Scrapped 1929
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	8,928 GRT, 5,106 NRT
Length	482.0 ft (146.9 m)
Beam	58.3 ft (17.8 m)
Depth	34.2 ft (10.4 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	1,178 NHP
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity	Passengers (1908): 60 first-class 2,500 third class
Troops	2,680
Notes	sister ships: Ancona, Verona

SS Taormina was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in Scotland in 1907 for an Italian shipping line. She was owned successively by Italia Società di Navigazione a Vapore (Italia Line), Lloyd Italiano and Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI). Taormina was briefly chartered as a troop ship for the US Armed Forces in 1918. She was scrapped in 1929.