SS Maui

For other ships with the same name, see USS Maui.
Maui steaming down San Francisco Bay start of her maiden voyage to Honolulu 7 April 1917.[1]
History
United States
Name
  • Maui
  • USS Maui
  • Maui
  • USAT Maui
NamesakeThe island of Maui in Hawaii (previous name retained)
Owner
  • Matson Navigation Company
  • United States War Department
Operator
  • Matson Navigation Company
  • United States Navy
  • Matson Navigation Company
  • United States Army
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Launched23 December 1916
Sponsored byMrs. William Matson[2]
Completed1917
Acquired(Navy) 6 March 1918
Commissioned(Navy) 6 March 1918
Decommissioned(Navy) September 1919
Maiden voyage7 April 1917 San Francisco to Honolulu[1]
FateScrapped 1948
Notes
General characteristics
TypeTransport
Tonnage9,730 Gross register tons
Displacement17,430 tons at 30 ft (9.1 m) draft[3]
Length
  • 501 ft 2 in (152.8 m) length overall
  • 484 ft (147.5 m) between perpendiculars[3]
Beam58 ft (18 m)[3]
Draft30 ft 2 in (9.19 m)
Depth44 ft 9 in (13.6 m) molded to shelter deck[3]
PropulsionSteam turbine
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Armament

SS Maui was built as a commercial passenger ship in 1916 for the Matson Navigation Company of San Francisco and served between the United States West Coast and Hawaii until acquired for World War I service by the United States Navy on 6 March 1918. The ship was commissioned USS Maui (ID-1514) serving as a troop transport from 1918 to 1919. The ship was returned to Matson for commercial service September 1919 and continued in commercial service until purchased by the United States Army in December 1941. USAT Maui was laid up by the Army in 1946 and scrapped in 1948.

  1. ^ a b Pacific Marine Review (May 1917), p. 78).
  2. ^ Pacific Marine Review (January 1917), p. 52.
  3. ^ a b c d Pacific Marine Review (January 1917), p. 50.
  4. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Maui (SP-1514).