Category:President Taylor (ship, 1921)

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<nowiki>USS President Taylor; اس‌اس پرزیدنت تیلور; USS President Taylor; USS President Taylor; amerikanisches Schiff; named for the President of the United States; schip; американське судно; barku den Estadonan Uni di Merka</nowiki>
USS President Taylor 
named for the President of the United States
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Ship[edit]

  • Type: Design 1095 troop transport; passenger / cargo ship
  • Built by: New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey
  • Yard No: 246
  • USSB No: 2587
  • Keel laid: 1919.05.22
  • Launched: 1920.07.31
  • Completed: 1921.03.07
  • Length over all: 502.1 ft
  • Beam: 62.2 ft
  • GT: 10508
  • DWT: 11310
  • Sister ships: Old North State, Creole State, Panhandle State, Wolverine State, Centennial State, Blue Hen State
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History[edit]

  • 1921 Named Granite State; Flag: United States
    • Official number: 221054
    • Call sign: MCKW
    • Port: San Francisco
    • Owner: U.S. Shipping Board
    • Operator: Pacific Mail Steamship Company
  • 1923 Renamed President Polk; Flag: United States
    • Call sign: MCKW, from 1934 KDOZ
    • Port: San Francisco
    • Owner: Dollar Steamship Lines
  • 1938 Owner: American President Lines
  • 1940 Renamed President Taylor; Flag: United States
    • Call sign: KDOZ
    • Port: San Francisco
    • Owner: American President Lines
  • 1941.12 Requisitioned by War Shipping Administration as troop transport
  • 1942.02.14 Grounded on Canton Island (today part of Kiribati), never refloated
  • 1954 Scrapped

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