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Princess Matoika (ID 2290)

Civilian call sign (1919):
Love - Jig - Mike - Rush

Transport:

Built in 1900 as Kiautschou by Vulcan, Stettin, Germany

Launched 14 September 1900

Completed 14 December 1900

Sold in February 1904 to North German Lloyd of Bremen, Germany and renamed Princess Alice

Acquired by the Navy 6 April 1917 and commissioned USS Princess Matoika (ID 2290)

Decommissioned in September 1919 and transferred to the War Department

Sold in 1920 to the U.S. Mail Steamship Co.

Sold in August 1922 to the United States Lines of New York

Renamed President Arthur in 1922

Sold in 1924 to the Palace Line of New York and renamed White Palace

Sold again in 1925 to C. L. Dimon of New York

Sold in 1926 to the Los Angeles Steamship Co.

Renamed City of Honolulu in 1927

Sold for scrap 25 May 1930 at Osaka, Japan.

Specifications:

Displacement 20,500 t.

Length 544' 11"

Beam 61'

Draft 29' 6"

Speed 16 kts.

Complement 449

Armament: Four 6" mounts

Propulsion: Two 9,000ihp, type IV four-cylinder quadruple expansion expansion steam engines (new boilers installed in 1926 increasing ihp to 11,000), two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
SS Kiautschou
	375k	Photo from "Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893" (1979) >by Nicholas T. Cairis	Tommy Trampp
SS Princess Alice
	77k	Undated post card	Tommy Trampp
	101k	S.S. Princess Alice interned at Cebu, Philippine Islands, circa 1914-1916 U.S. Navy photo NH 88572	Naval Historical Center
USS Princess Matoika (ID 2290)
	104k	.	Tommy Trampp
	64k	c. 1917 Princess Matoika somewhere in the Atlantic	.
	339k	20 December 1918 St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France The Princess Matoika, entering the locks, is passing between the transport Finland [ID 4543] and the freighter, Artemis [ID 2187] U.S. Army Signal Corps photo	Tommy Trampp
	128k	20 December 1918 St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France Men of the 43rd Railway Artillery going aboard Princess Matoika headed back to the United States	National Archives
	131k	20 December 1918 St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France Princess Matoika entering locks in St. Nazaire, France	National Archives
	114k	In port with a barge alongside, circa 1918, while painted in pattern camouflage Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006. Naval Historical Center photo NH 103923	Robert Hurst
	66k	Underway in 1919, while transporting U.S. troops home from Europe. U.S. Navy photo NH 43123	Naval Historical Center
	102k	In port in 1919. U.S. Navy Freight Lighter No. 53 (formerly Coal Barge No. 210) is alongside. She was assigned to the Norfolk, Virginia, area, which may be the location of this scene. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005. U.S. Navy photo NH 103079	Naval Historical Center
	90k	Photographed in 1919 by Silvis. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005. Naval Historical Center photo NH 103044	Robert Hurst
	103k	In port, 1919. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. Naval Historical Center photo NH 105422	Robert Hurst
	74k	In port in 1919, probably in the New York City area. Though the original print labels her as a U.S. Army Transport, the ship's paint scheme, and absence of smokestack markings, indicates that the photograph was taken while still in U.S. Navy service. Photographed by Head-Mayberry, 488 7th Avenue, New York Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. Naval Historical Center photo NH 105160	Robert Hurst
	94k	In port, 1919 Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105970	Robert Hurst
	163k	Post card Souvenier Folder dated 1919	Tommy Trampp
	183k
	173k
	63k	Leaving Charleston, South Carolina for Rotterdam, Holland on 30 June 1919, carrying Germans who had been interned in the United States during World War I. Photographed from USS Powhatan (ID 3013), which had just arrived following a voyage from France Photograph from the collection of Robert H. Helm, donated by Mr. & Mrs. Robert Helm, 2008 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 106349	Robert Hurst
	92k	Off New York City on 1 August 1919, upon her arrival from Europe with troops of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division on board. Panoramic photograph by Head-Mayberry, 488 7th Avenue, New York Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008. Naval Historical Center photo NH 105702
	171k	Post card issued to U.S. servicemen during the World War I era. The original card was mailed at Hempstead, New York, on 7 August 1919, following the sender's arrival in the U.S. after a nine-day passage from Brest, France Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105766-KN
SS Princess Matoika
	147k	At Bremerhaven, Germany, 4 July 1921 Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105971	Robert Hurst
SS President Arthur
	142k	Undated post card showing President Arthur	.
	88k	Undated post cards	Tommy Trampp
	94k	Undated post cards
	387k	Photo from book "Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893" (1970) by Nicholas T. Cairis
SS City of Honolulu
	105k	30 May 1930 Photo caption: Quenching steamship fire. Photo shows the Navy tug Widgeon fighting the fire which partially destroyed the steamship "City of Honolulu" at Honolulu harbor May 28 Associated press photo XX4275	Tommy Trampp