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SS President Grant
SS ''President Grant'' may refer to the following ships: * SS ''President Grant'' originally the 1903 ''Servian'', purchased by Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt Actien-Gesellschaft renamed SS ''President Grant'' in 1907, interned and seized on U.S. entry into World War I, served as USS ''President Grant'' (SP-3014), transferred to U.S. Army and renamed USAT ''Republic'' alternately served Army and Navy as USS ''Republic'' (AP-33) and again as USAT ''Republic'' until sold for scrap 1952. * , a Design 1095 ship originally named ''Centennial State''; renamed ''President Adams'' in 1923 and ''President Grant'' in 1940; WSA troop ship, wrecked at position on 26 April 1944 * , a Design 1029 ship originally named ''Pine Tree State''; renamed ''President Grant'' in 1923; taken over by the United States Navy in 1940 and converted to troop transport USS ''Harris'' (AP-8/APA-2); scrapped in 1948 See also * * Grant (other) Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Republic (AP-33)
USS ''Republic'' (AP-33) was a troop transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. In World War I she served with the Navy as USS ''President Grant'' (ID-3014) before being turned over to the Army and named ''Republic''. The ship was renamed the ''President Buchanan'' in 1921 before reverting to ''Republic'' in 1924. Originally christened as the SS ''Servian'', she was built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff, Ltd. of Belfast for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, a subsidiary of International Mercantile Marine Co. spearheaded by J.P. Morgan. After plans for a North Atlantic service collapsed, she spent four years at anchor in the Musgrave Channel in Belfast. After being purchased by the Hamburg-American Packet Steamship Company (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft or HAPAG) in 1907, it was renamed the SS ''President Grant'', the third ship named for Ulysses S. Grant. In August 1914, after seven years of trans-Atlantic passenger service, she took ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg America Line
The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847. Among those involved in its development were prominent citizens such as Albert Ballin (Director General), Adolph Godeffroy, Ferdinand Laeisz, Carl Woermann, August Bolten, and others, and its main financial backers were Berenberg Bank and H. J. Merck & Co. It soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by German American#19th century, German immigration to the United States and later, immigration from Eastern Europe. On 1 September 1970, after 123 years of independent existence, HAPAG merged with the Bremen-based Norddeutscher Lloyd, North German Lloyd to form Hapag-Lloyd, Hapag-Lloyd AG. History Ports served In the early years, the Hamburg America Line exclusively connected European ports with North American ports, suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Design 1095 Ship
The Design 1095 ship was an Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) design for a troop transport to be built at New York Shipbuilding Corporation and delivered to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) that, at the end of World War I hostilities, was modified to a combined passenger and cargo vessel. The contract was for thirteen ships, EFC hulls 2579 though 2591, but later adjusted to seven ships with the remainder being changed during construction to the slightly larger ships of EFC Design 1029 built from the start as passenger and cargo ships rather than being modified from the troop ship plan. After initial service as USSB owned ships operated by agents, United States Lines in Atlantic service between New York and Europe with five ships and two ships with Swayne and Hoyt with the Pacific Argentine Brazil Line, the ships were sold in 1923 to Robert Dollar Company which initiated the Dollar and successor American President Lines' tradition of naming ships after presidents. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Design 1029 Ship
The Design 1029 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029) was a steel- hulled passenger/cargo ship designed to be converted in times of war to a troopship. design approved for production by the United States Shipping Boards Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I. They were referred to as the ''535''-type as all the ships were 535 feet overall length. A total of 10 ships were ordered and built from 1921 to 1922. An additional six ships, originally contracted as Design 1095 ships, were changed during building so they were identical to the Design 1029 ships. Three shipyards built the ships: Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard of Baltimore, Maryland (5 ships); Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia (5 ships); and New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of its active battle fleet alone exceeding the next 13 navies combined, including 11 allies or partner nations of the United States as of 2015. It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage (4,635,628 tonnes as of 2019) and the world's largest aircraft carrier fleet, with eleven in service, two new carriers under construction, and five other carriers planned. With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve, the United States Navy is the third largest of the United States military service branches in terms of personnel. It has 290 deployable combat vessels and more than 2,623 operational aircraft . The United States Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy, which was established during the American Revo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant (other)
Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County (other) Australia * Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia United Kingdom *Castle Grant United States * Grant, Alabama *Grant, Inyo County, California *Grant, Colorado *Grant-Valkaria, Florida *Grant, Iowa *Grant, Michigan *Grant, Minnesota *Grant, Nebraska *Grant, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Grant, Washington *Grant, Wisconsin (other) (six towns) *Grant City, Indiana *Grant City, Missouri *Grant City, Staten Island *Grant Lake (other), several lakes *Grant Park, Illinois *Grant Park (Chicago) *Grant Town, West Virginia *Grant Township (other) (100 townships in 12 states) *Grant Village in Yellowstone National Park *Grants, New Mexico * Grants Pass, Oregon * U.S. Grant Bridge over Ohio River and Scioto River *General Grant National Memorial aka Grant's Tomb India *Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun, Uttarakhand Canada *Rural Municipality of Grant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
