SS Yorktown (1894)
SS Yorktown was launched February 10, 1894, by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania for the for the company's overnight New York City/Norfolk, Virginia service. The United States Navy purchased Yorktown on April 21, 1898, to be commissioned as the second USS Resolute, an auxiliary cruiser and transport that saw naval service during the Spanish–American War 1898–1899. The United States Department of War acquired the ship on January 22, 1900, for service as the United States Army Transport (USAT) Rawlings. The ship was sold to the of Baltimore, Maryland on July 27, 1901, and renamed Powhatan. Powhatan was wrecked in 1916 and in 1919 rebuilt as the world's first turbo-electric propelled passenger ship Cuba for luxury passenger and express freight service
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SS Yorktown (1894)
SS Yorktown was launched February 10, 1894, by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania for the for the company's overnight New York City/Norfolk, Virginia service. The United States Navy purchased Yorktown on April 21, 1898, to be commissioned as the second USS Resolute, an auxiliary cruiser and transport that saw naval service during the Spanish–American War 1898–1899. The United States Department of War acquired the ship on January 22, 1900, for service as the United States Army Transport (USAT) Rawlings. The ship was sold to the of Baltimore, Maryland on July 27, 1901, and renamed Powhatan. Powhatan was wrecked in 1916 and in 1919 rebuilt as the world's first turbo-electric propelled passenger ship Cuba for luxury passenger and express freight service
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SS Yorktown was launched Febru ...... and sank in Hoboken, in 1927.
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date of acquirement
1898-04-21
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1927-12-30
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1898-05-11
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1899-12-15
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1894-02-10
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Burned and sank December 30, 1 ...... ptember 2, 1928, and scrapped.
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3.200256e+1
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Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania
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United States
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Ship launched
1894-02-10
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*Yorktown
*USS Resolute
*USAT Rawlings
*Powhatan
*Cuba
*Seneca
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Ship namesake
Resolute: marked by firm determination; resolved.
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After 1919–1920 rebuild of Powhatan to Cuba.
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Ship out of service
1927-12-30
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Ship propulsion
Turbo-electric, General Electr ...... ft and four-bladed propeller.
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Auxiliary cruiser and transport
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Turbo-electric passenger vessel
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SS Yorktown was launched Febru ...... er and express freight service
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SS Yorktown (1894)
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*Cuba (1920)
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*Powhatan (1902)
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*Seneca (?)
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*USAT Rawlings (1900)
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*USS Resolute (1898)
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*Yorktown (1894)
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