USS America (ID-3006)

History and family connection

• [RECORD] The 165th Infantry history says: “On the night of October 29th, the rest of the Regiment went to Hoboken, New Jersey to board the transport ship America, a former German luxury liner, confiscated by the United States in April 1917 and converted to an American troop ship.” New York State Military Museum (external address omitted for offline reading)

• [RECORD] Naval History and Heritage Command says: “Amerika, a steel-hulled, twin-screw, steam passenger liner, was launched on 20 April 1905 at Belfast”; it names “Harland and Wolff” and “Hamburg-America Line.” It records seizure, commissioning on 6 August 1917, and: “On 1 September 1917, she was renamed America.” DANFS (external address omitted for offline reading)

• [RECORD] The same official history gives: “displacement 41,500; length 687'; beam 75'5\"; draft 39'5¼\"; speed 17.5 knots; complement 994” and says the ship “was sold on 16 January 1957” and “broken up.” DANFS (external address omitted for offline reading)

• [RECORD] Image metadata says: “USS America (1905) steams up Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, upon arrival from France with troops of the 26th Division on board”; date “5 April 1919”; credit “U.S. Naval Historical Center”; licence “Public domain.” Wikimedia Commons (external address omitted for offline reading)

Sources

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