SS Rochambeau

Rochambeau leaving Saint-Nazaire
History
France
Name	Rochambeau
Namesake	Comte de Rochambeau
Owner	Cie Générale Transatlantique
Operator	Cie Générale Transatlantique
Port of registry	Le Havre
Route	Le Havre – New York (1911–15, 1919–33) Bordeaux – New York (1915–19)
Builder	Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Launched	2 March 1911
Completed	1911
Maiden voyage	30 Aug or 16 Sep 1911 (see text)
Refit	1919, 1926, 1927
Identification	Code letters OSAN (until 1933) Call sign FTR (until 1933) call sign FNTW (1934)
Fate	Scrapped 1934
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	12,678 GRT, 6,620 NRT
Displacement	17,300 tons
Length	559.4 ft (170.5 m)
Beam	63.7 ft (19.4 m)
Depth	43.3 ft (13.2 m)
Decks	4
Propulsion	4 × Propellers: 2 × Triple-expansion engines 2 × Steam turbines
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Capacity	1911: 420 1st & 2nd class berths 1,450 steerage class berths 1919: 475 cabin class 1,450 3rd class
Crew	400
Sensors and processing systems	Direction finding (by 1930)
Armament	(in First World War): 2 × naval guns

SS Rochambeau was a French transatlantic ocean liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She was launched in 1911 and was the first French ship to be powered by a combination of reciprocating steam engines and steam turbines.

She was named after the Comte de Rochambeau, a French aristocrat and marshal who led an army in the American Revolutionary War.