T/S President Harding

Other names
President Taft - Lone Star State
Call sign
KDWK
Shipping company
United States Lines,USA
Nationality
USA flaggUSA
Home port
San Francisco, CA, USA

Shipyard

Name
New York Ship Building Co. Camden, NJ. USA
Build year
1921

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Attacked from air, 14.5.1940
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
13.869
Net tonnage:
8.171

Engine

Speed:
18

Dimensions

Length:
516.5'
Beam:
72.2'
Draft:
27.8'
  • Miscellaneous
    1. . Copyright: Ukjent fotograf / National Archives of Poland / Wikimedia Commons

      T/S President HardingCopyright: Ukjent fotograf / National Archives of Poland / Wikimedia Commons
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    Historikk:

    1921 - Levert fra New York Ship Building Co. Camden, NJ. USA til US. Shipping board, USSB Washington D.C.- LONE STAR STATE
    1922 - US. Shipping Board, United States Shipping Board - USSB, Washington D.C.- Nytt navn - PRESIDENT TAFT
    1922 - US. Shipping Board, United States Shipping Board - USSB, Washington D.C.- nytt navn - PRESIDENT HARDING
    1940 - United States Line Inc. (U.S.L)Delavare v/ Chapman New York. - PRESIDENT HARDING
    1940 - Solgt til Sociètè Maritime Anversoise, Antwerpen, Belgia - nytt navn - VILLE de BRUGES
    14.5.1940 - Bombet i brann og strandsatt av tyske bombefly i Shelde.
    1952 - Vraket hugget.


    Maskineri:
    4 stk Steam Turbiner, SP geared til 2 Sc.shafts. Maskineri bygget ved Bethlehem Ship Building Corp. Ltd. Quicy, Mass. USA.

    Sources

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