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Susquehanna (ID 3016)

Transport:

  • Built in 1899 as Rhein by Blohm and Voss, Hamburg, Germany
  • Seized by the United States 6 April 1917 at Baltimore, MD
  • Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Susquehanna (ID 3016), 5 September 1917 at Norfolk, VA
  • Decommissioned 27 August 1919 and transferred to the United States Shipping Board
  • Reconverted for commercial use, she operated briefly in 1920 - 1922 but was then laid up
  • Sold for scrap to Japanese shipbreakers in November 1928.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 17,857 t.
  • Length 520'
  • Beam 58' 1"
  • Draft 28'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 514
  • Armament: Four 6" mounts, two 1-pounders and two machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two four-cylinder quadruple expansion steam engines, two shafts.
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    SS Rhein
    Susquehanna 113k Undated postcard Tommy Trampp
    Susquehanna 447k Photo from "Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893" (1979) by Nicholas T. Cairis
    Susquehanna 50k This tobacco card was issued by Ogdens Ltd in the U.K. in 1902 and came from the set entitled "Ogdens Guinea Golds" New Series 1.
    Susquehanna 244k 15 April 1908
    Dinner menu
    Susquehanna 133k
    USS Susquehanna (ID 3016)
    Susquehanna 117k Underway, circa 1917-1919.
    U.S. Navy Photo NH 43544    		 Naval Historical Center
    Susquehanna 87k Underway, circa 1919, with her decks crowded with troops returning home from France.
    Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia.
    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972.
    U.S. Navy Photo NH 58840
    Susquehanna 104k In port, 1919.
    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 104120    		 Robert Hurst
    Susquehanna 105k In port prior to the removal of her guns, circa early 1919
    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105839
    Susquehanna 111k Coaling, 1919 with two coal barges alongside, one marked "A.T.S." and another with mechanical coaling apparatus installed.
    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006.
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 105973
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