SS President Cleveland (1947)
Passenger ship (1947–1974) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see SS President Cleveland.
SS President Cleveland was an American passenger ship originally ordered by the United States Maritime Commission during World War II, as one of the Admiral W. S. Benson-class Type P2-SE2-R1 transport ships, and intended to be named USS Admiral D. W. Taylor (AP-128). She became the Panamanian-flag passenger ship SS Oriental President in 1973 before being scrapped in 1974. She operated on routes in the Pacific Ocean.
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United States | |
Name | SS President Cleveland |
Namesake | Grover Cleveland |
Operator | American President Lines |
Route | Trans-Pacific |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, California |
Yard number | 9509 |
Laid down | 28 August 1944 |
Launched | 23 June 1946 |
Completed | 1947 |
Identification | Official number: 254296 |
Fate | Sold 9 February 1973 |
History | |
Panama | |
Name | SS Oriental President |
Operator | Oceanic Cruise Development |
Route | Trans-Pacific |
Acquired | 9 February 1973 |
Fate | Scrapped 1974 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 23,504 long tons (23,881 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 75 ft 6 in (23.01 m) |
Draft | 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m) |
Installed power | 20,000 hp (14,914 kW) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Capacity |
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Notes | sister ship: SS President Wilson |
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