USS Aeolus (ID-3005)
(For other ships with the same name, see USS Aeolus and SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913).) USS Aeolus (ID-3005), sometimes also spelled Æolus, was a United States Navy transport ship during World War I. She was formerly the North German Lloyd liner SS Grosser Kurfürst, also spelled Großer Kurfürst, launched in 1899 that sailed regularly between Bremen and New York. At the outset of World War I the ship was interned by the United States and, when that country entered the conflict in 1917, was seized and converted to a troop transport.
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USS Aeolus (ID-3005)
(For other ships with the same name, see USS Aeolus and SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913).) USS Aeolus (ID-3005), sometimes also spelled Æolus, was a United States Navy transport ship during World War I. She was formerly the North German Lloyd liner SS Grosser Kurfürst, also spelled Großer Kurfürst, launched in 1899 that sailed regularly between Bremen and New York. At the outset of World War I the ship was interned by the United States and, when that country entered the conflict in 1917, was seized and converted to a troop transport.
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(For other ships with the same ...... s sold for scrapping in Japan.
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Der Reichspostdampfer Grosser ...... ity of Los Angeles eingesetzt.
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1917-08-04
decommissioning date
1919-09-22
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1.76784e+2
maiden voyage
1922-09-11
ship beam (μ)
1.88976e+1
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ship launched
1899-12-02
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Sold for scrapping in Japan, 1937
assigned toLos Angeles Steamship Co.
interned by the United States, 1914; seized, 1917
turned over toUSSB
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Aeolus, god of wind in Greek mythology
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Bremen–New York City
Los Angeles–Honolulu
New York–South America
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1919-09-22
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(For other ships with the same ...... onverted to a troop transport.
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Der Reichspostdampfer Grosser ...... ity of Los Angeles eingesetzt.
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Grosser Kurfürst (Schiff, 1899)
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USS Aeolus (ID-3005)
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SS Aeolus
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SS City of Los Angeles
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SS Grosser Kurfürst (or Großer Kurfürst)
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USS Grosser Kurfurst (ID-3005)
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