USS_Alameda_(ID-1432)

SS <i>Alameda</i> (1883)

SS Alameda (1883)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Alameda.

Note: This ship should not be confused with the motorboat Alameda, considered for World War I service as USS Alameda (SP-1040), but also never acquired or commissioned.

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The USS Alameda (ID-1432) was the proposed designation for a steamship that never actually served in the United States Navy.

The Alameda was an iron-hulled passenger liner that was built in 1883 by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia[1] for the Oceanic Steamship Company. After the ship was completed in July 1883, eighteen-year-old Maggie Cramp, daughter of Joseph Cramp, played the piano at a reception; while disembarking, she slipped on the gangplank and drowned.[2]

The Alaska Steamship Company bought her in 1910.

After the United States entered World War I in 1917, the U.S. Navy's 13th Naval District inspected her for possible naval service, and she was registered accordingly with the Naval Registry Identification Number (ID. No.) 1432; however, the Navy appears never to have acquired or commissioned her.

The Alameda remained in commercial use until she caught fire at a pier in Seattle on 28 November 1931. She was subsequently scrapped.

See also

  • S.S. Alameda in service in Alaska, photo taken by John E. Thwaites

References

  1. [1]
    Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 190. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Tragic Eding of a Joyous Occasion". Sacramento Daily Union. 27 July 1883. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
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