SS Cleveland

Cleveland in Hong Kong, 1909.
History
Name
  • 1908: Cleveland
  • 1919: Mobile
  • 1920: King Alexander
  • 1923: Cleveland
Namesake
Owner
Port of registry
Route
BuilderBlohm & Voss, Hamburg
Launched26 September 1908
Maiden voyage27 March 1909
Identification
FateScrapped 1933
General characteristics
Tonnage16,970 GRT, 10,145 NRT
Displacement27,000 tons
Length588.9 ft (179.5 m)
Beam65.3 ft (19.9 m)
Draught50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
Depth46.6 ft (14.2 m)
Decks3
Installed powerby 1930: 2,046 NHP
Propulsion
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity
  • passengers, 1908:
  • 246 first class
  • 332 second class
  • 448 third class
  • 1,801 steerage class
  • troops, 1919: 4,620
  • refrigerated cargo:
  • 29,577 cubic feet (838 m3)
Crew1919: 573
Sensors and
processing systems
Notessister ship: Cincinnati

SS Cleveland was a German transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1908 and scrapped in 1933. Cleveland was built for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) as a sister ship for Cincinnati.

In 1919 Cleveland became the troop ship USS Mobile (ID-4030). In 1920 it returned to civilian service as the UK liner King Alexander. In 1923 United American Lines bought her and restored it original name Cleveland.

In 1926 HAPAG bought Cleveland back. It was laid up from 1931 and scrapped in 1933.