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President Lincoln

Sunk 31 May 1918

Transport: Built in 1907 as Scotian by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland; Sold in 1907 to the Hamburg-American Line and renamed Berlin; Renamed again in 1907 to President Lincoln; Acquired by the Navy in 1917; Commissioned USS President Lincoln 25 July 1917 at Brooklyn, NY; Torpedoed and sunk 31 May 1918 by the U-90, 600 miles off the French coast; Struck from the Navy list, (date unknown).

Specifications: Displacement 32,500 t.; Length 619'; Beam 68'; Draft 34'; Speed 14.5 kts.; Complement 430; Armament four 6"; Propulsion steam quadruple expansion engines, two shafts.


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