SS Pennsylvania (1872)
SS Pennsylvania was an iron passenger-cargo steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in 1872. The first of a series of four Pennsylvania-class vessels and the lead ship in her class, Pennsylvania and her three sister ships—Ohio, Indiana and Illinois—were the largest iron ships ever built in the United States at the time of their construction, and amongst the first to be fitted with compound steam engines. They were also the first ships to challenge British dominance of the transatlantic trade since the American Civil War.
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SS Pennsylvania (1872)
SS Pennsylvania was an iron passenger-cargo steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in 1872. The first of a series of four Pennsylvania-class vessels and the lead ship in her class, Pennsylvania and her three sister ships—Ohio, Indiana and Illinois—were the largest iron ships ever built in the United States at the time of their construction, and amongst the first to be fitted with compound steam engines. They were also the first ships to challenge British dominance of the transatlantic trade since the American Civil War.
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SS Pennsylvania was an iron pa ...... y destroyed by a fire in 1918.
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maiden voyage
1874-01-23
ship beam (μ)
1.31064e+1
ship launched
1872-08-15
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Destroyed by fire atIquique, Chile, November 12th 1918
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Pennsylvania class passenger-cargo ship
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American Steamship Company
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Compound steam engine, single screw, auxiliary sails
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SS Pennsylvania was an iron pa ...... since the American Civil War.
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SS Pennsylvania (1872)
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SS Pennsylvania
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