SS California (1928)
SS California was the World's first major ocean liner built with turbo-electric transmission. When launched in 1927 she was also the largest merchant ship yet built in the USA, although she was a modest size compared with the biggest European liners of her era. In 1938 California was renamed SS Uruguay. From 1942 to 1946 she was operated through agents by the War Shipping Administration as the troopship Uruguay. She was returned to civilian service as SS Uruguay in 1948, laid up in 1954 and scrapped in 1964.
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SS California (1928)
SS California was the World's first major ocean liner built with turbo-electric transmission. When launched in 1927 she was also the largest merchant ship yet built in the USA, although she was a modest size compared with the biggest European liners of her era. In 1938 California was renamed SS Uruguay. From 1942 to 1946 she was operated through agents by the War Shipping Administration as the troopship Uruguay. She was returned to civilian service as SS Uruguay in 1948, laid up in 1954 and scrapped in 1964.
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SS California was the World's ...... in 1954 and scrapped in 1964.
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1954-03-29
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length (μ)
1.7507712e+2
power type
ship beam (μ)
2.447544e+1
ship launched
1927-10-01
status
scrapped 1964
top speed (kmh)
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15,094,118
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726,425,870
Ship capacity
Ship completed
Ship displacement
as Uruguay: 32,450 tons
Ship identification
*official number 227115
*code letters MGRH
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*call sign WMCM
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Ship in service
Ship namesake
*California
*Uruguay
Ship notes
*sister ships:
*SS Pennsylvania, SS Virginia
Ship propulsion
*turbo-electric transmission,
*twin screw
Ship refit
193,819,421,947
Ship registry
Ship renamed
SS Uruguay in 1938
Ship route
*New York – Havana – Panama Ca ...... os – Montevideo – Buenos Aires
Ship sensors
direction finding equipment; gyrocompass
Ship sponsor
Mrs. Roland Palmedo
Ship tonnage
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*as Uruguay:
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SS California was the World's ...... in 1954 and scrapped in 1964.
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SS California (1928)
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*SS California (1928–38)
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*SS Uruguay (1938–1964)
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