SS Robert E. Lee
Steam passenger ship built for the Eastern Steamship Lines. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS Robert E. Lee was a steam passenger ship built for the Eastern Steamship Lines in 1924.[2] It was sunk on 30 July 1942 after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-166 on its return to New Orleans.[3]
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Name | Robert E. Lee |
Operator | Eastern Steamship Lines |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
Completed | 1924 |
Fate | Torpedoed by U-166 on 30 July 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger ship |
Tonnage | 5,184 |
Length | 373 ft (114 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Depth | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
S.S. Robert E. Lee and U-166 (shipwrecks and remains) | |
Area | Adjacent to the U-166 submarine remains |
NRHP reference No. | 100002558[1] |
Added to NRHP | 7 December 2018 |
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