SS_New_England_(1920)

SS <i>New England</i> (1920)

SS New England (1920)

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For other ships with the same name, see SS New England.

SS New England was a Design 1023 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

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History

She was laid down as yard number 112 at the Newark, New Jersey shipyard of the Submarine Boat Corporation (SBC), one of 132 Design 1023 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board (there were 154 ships of the class built in total).[1] She was launched on 31 January 1920,[3] completed in April 1920,[2] and named the New England.[2][3] In 1929, she was broken up at the Baltimore, Maryland shipyard of Union Shipbuilding.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    McKellar, p. Part III, 74.
  2. [2]
    McKellar, p. Part III, 76.
  3. [3]
    The Marine Review 1921, p. 99.
  4. [4]
    Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Year ended June 30, 1923. Washington, D.C.: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. 1923. p. 140. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

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