SS El Capitan (1917)
El Capitan, United States Official Number 285587, was built in 1917 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newport News, Virginia for the Southern Pacific Company's Atlantic Steamship Lines. In 1915 the line operated from the North River piers 49–52 at the foot of 11th Street in New York to New Orleans under the flag and name of Morgan Line, which combined with the Southern Pacific's rail service from the Pacific Coast was known as the Sunset Gulf Route. During World War I the ship was purchased from the builder before delivery to the owner by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) which later turned the ship over to the United States Navy which placed her in commission as USS El Capitan (ID-1407) from 1918 to 1919. El Capitan was returned to commercial service by the Sou
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SS El Capitan (1917)
El Capitan, United States Official Number 285587, was built in 1917 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newport News, Virginia for the Southern Pacific Company's Atlantic Steamship Lines. In 1915 the line operated from the North River piers 49–52 at the foot of 11th Street in New York to New Orleans under the flag and name of Morgan Line, which combined with the Southern Pacific's rail service from the Pacific Coast was known as the Sunset Gulf Route. During World War I the ship was purchased from the builder before delivery to the owner by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) which later turned the ship over to the United States Navy which placed her in commission as USS El Capitan (ID-1407) from 1918 to 1919. El Capitan was returned to commercial service by the Sou
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Die El Capitan war ein US-amer ...... das verlassene Schiff. (Lage)
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El Capitan, United States Offi ...... ust after midnight on 10 July.
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1917-08-03
1918-03-21
commissioning date
1918-03-21
decommissioning date
1919-02-01
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1.15824e+2
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1915-12-02
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1.55448e+1
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Damaged by aircraft, abandoned, sunk by torpedo 9–10 July 1942.
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Ship commissioned
1918-03-21
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Ship decommissioned
1919-02-01
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molded to hurricane deck
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loaded mean
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Ship identification
United States Official Number: 285587
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Ship launched
Uncertain
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* over all
* between perpendiculars
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Ship name
*SS El Capitan
*USS El Capitan
*SS El Capitan
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*United States Shipping Board
...... or War Shipping Administration
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Ship owner
*United States Shipping Board
*Southern Pacific Company
*War Shipping Administration
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Ship propulsion
Triple-expansion steam engine, cys: , and diameter with stroke
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* New York
* Panama
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Katherine Jessup
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Die El Capitan war ein US-amer ...... das verlassene Schiff. (Lage)
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El Capitan, United States Offi ...... commercial service by the Sou
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El Capitan (Schiff, 1917)
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SS El Capitan (1917)
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*SS El Capitan
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*USS El Capitan
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