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Santa Rosa (1917)


Later names

USAT Santa Rosa

USS Santa Rosa ID-2169

Oregonian

Builder:

William Cramp & Sons Ship and
Engine Building Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ordered:

N/A

Keel Laid:

N/A

Year Built:

1917

Launched:

December 27, 1916

Type:

Passenger / Cargo

Completed:

January 1917

Fate:

Sunk Sept. 13, 1942 by German aircraft from KG-30, I./KG-26 and III./KG-26 while in
convoy PQ-18. (aerial torpedo)

Location: Barents Sea, 198 miles WNW of Bear Island.
(76.00N - 09.30E)

27 crewmen killed, 29 survivors picked up by escorts.
(Roll of Honor)

Owner

W. R. Grace & Company
(Grace Line Inc.)
New York, New York

1925:

American Hawaiian
Steamship Company
New York, New York

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:

404' 5" (PP)

Engines:

1 quadruple expansion by Cramp

Beam:

53' 8"

Boilers:

N/A

Draft:

26' 2" (depth)

Shafts:

1

Gross Tons:

6,415

HP:

631

Displacement:

13,500

Speed:

12 knots

Crew:

41

Funnels:

1

Passengers:

N/A

Masts:

2

Masters

From

Name

N/A

Sept. 13, 1942

Harold W. Dowling

Timeline

Aug. 29, 1917:

Repositioned by the U.S. Army for use as a transport.

Mar. 10, 1919:

Transferred to the U.S. Navy for use as a transport, commissioned
USS Santa Rosa ID-2169.

Oct. 27, 1919:

Returned to owners.

1925:

Sold to American Hawaiian Steamship Company and renamed Oregonian.

Sept. 13, 1942:

Sunk by German aircraft.