SS Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Kaiser Wilhelm II, about 1905
History
Name	1902: Kaiser Wilhelm II 1917: Agamemnon 1927: Monticello
Namesake	1902: Wilhelm II 1917: Agamemnon 1927: Monticello
Owner	Norddeutscher Lloyd
Operator	1917: United States Navy 1927: United States Army
Port of registry	1903: Bremen
Route	Bremen – New York
Builder	AG Vulcan Stettin
Yard number	250
Launched	12 August 1902
Commissioned	into US Navy, 21 August 1917
Decommissioned	from US Navy, August 1919
Maiden voyage	14 April 1903
Out of service	1914–17, 1919–40
Identification	1903: code letters QHNL by 1913: call sign DKM 1917: Naval Registry ID-3004 1917: code letters GQLH
Fate	scrapped 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Kaiser-class ocean liner
Tonnage	19,361 GRT, 6,353 NRT
Displacement	25,530 long tons (25,940 t)
Length	706 ft 3 in (215.27 m) overall 1 ft (0.30 m) registered
Beam	72.3 ft (22.0 m)
Draught	29 ft 10 in (9.1 m)
Depth	40.2 ft (12.3 m)
Decks	4
Installed power	4,243 NHP
Propulsion	2 × quadruple-expansion engines 2 × screws
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h)
Capacity	passengers: 775 × 1st class, 343 × 2nd class, 770 × 3rd class
Complement	962 officers & enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	by 1906: submarine signalling
Armament	4 × 6 in (150 mm) guns 2 × 1-pounder guns 2 × Colt Lewis .30-cal. machine guns 10 × depth charges

SS Kaiser Wilhelm II was a Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) Kaiser-class ocean liner. She was launched in 1902 in Stettin, Germany. In the First World War she was laid up in New York from 1914 until 1917, when the US Government seized her and renamed her USS Agamemnon. In 1919 she was decommissioned from the Navy and laid up. In 1927 she was transferred to the United States Army, who renamed her USAT Monticello. She was scrapped in 1940.

When launched, Kaiser Wilhelm II was the largest ship registered in Germany. The weight of her hull and machinery was surpassed only by the British White Star Liners RMS Cedric and Celtic.^[1] She served NDL's transatlantic route between Bremen and New York. She won the Blue Riband in 1904. Her passengers included the composers Gustav Mahler in 1910 and Jean Sibelius in 1914.