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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Senator |
| Namesake | Senator (1848 ship) |
| Builder | Union Iron Works |
| Launched | March 19, 1898 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Ella F. Goodall |
| Recommissioned | Admiral Fiske in 1923 |
| Identification | Signal letters K.N.J.F. |
| Fate | Scrapped in Japan in 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 2,409 GRT, 1,835 NRT |
| Length | 280 ft (85 m) |
| Beam | 38.1 ft (11.6 m) |
| Draft | 15 feet (4.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19.6 feet (6.0 m) |
| Installed power | 1,800 horsepower |
| Speed | 13 knots |
| Capacity | 110 cabin passengers, 300 steerage 1,500 tons of freight |
| Crew | 65 |
| Notes | Official Number 116811 |
Senator was a steel-hulled steamship launched in 1898. She served as a troopship during the Spanish-American War and was an important part of the Nome gold rush. She spent thirty years in the coastwise shipping trade between Alaska and San Diego, until she was scrapped in Osaka, Japan in 1935.