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Princess Matoika (ID 2290)

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, Bremen, Germany and renamed Princess Alice; Acquired by the Navy 6 April 1917 and commissioned 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, New York; Renamed President Arthur in 1922; Sold in 1925 to the American Palestine Line, New York and renamed White Palace; Sold again in 1925 to C. L. Dimon, 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"; Propulsion 9,000 ihp, type IV expansion engine (new boilers installed in 1926 increasing ihp to 11,000), two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
SS Princess Alice
	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 (SP 2290)
	64k	c. 1917 Princess Matoika somewhere in the Atlantic	.
	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
	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	Robert Hurst
SS President Arthur
	142k	Undated Post Card showing President Arthur	.