SS Great Northern (1914)
Great Northern was a passenger ship built at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons under supervision of the Great Northern Pacific Steam Ship Company for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, itself a joint venture of the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. Great Northern, along with sister ship Northern Pacific, were built to provide a passenger and freight link by sea between the northern transcontinental rail lines via the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway terminal at Astoria, Oregon and San Francisco beginning in spring of 1915.
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SS Great Northern (1914)
Great Northern was a passenger ship built at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons under supervision of the Great Northern Pacific Steam Ship Company for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, itself a joint venture of the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. Great Northern, along with sister ship Northern Pacific, were built to provide a passenger and freight link by sea between the northern transcontinental rail lines via the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway terminal at Astoria, Oregon and San Francisco beginning in spring of 1915.
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Great Northern was a passenger ...... 5 February 1948 for scrapping.
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active years end date
1946-03-05
builder
laying down
1913-09-22
length (μ)
1.551432e+2
ship beam (μ)
1.92024e+1
ship draft (μ)
ship launched
1914-07-07
status
Sold to Boston Metals Company on 25 February 1948
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1913-04-26
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Great Northern Railway
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*1915—Spokane, Portland and Se ...... amship Company
*1942—U.S. Army
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Great Northern was a passenger ...... o beginning in spring of 1915.
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SS Great Northern (1914)
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*1915—Great Northern
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*1917—USS Great Northern (ID-4569)
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*1919—USAT Great Northern
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*1921—USS Columbia (AG-9)
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*1921—USS Great Northern (AG-9)
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*1922—H. F. Alexander
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*1942—USAT George S. Simonds
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