Category:Cabo de Buena Esperanza (ship, 1921)

Cabo de Buena Esperanza 

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Ship[edit]

• Type: Troopship, USSB design #1029, later passenger/cargo ship
• Built by: New York Shipbuilding Co, Camden, New Jersey
• Yard No: 256
• USSB#: 2582
• Keel laid: 1919.05.20
• Launched:
• Completed: 1921.09.20
• Length over all: 516.5 ft
• Beam: 72.2 ft
• GT: 14188 / 12595
• DWT:
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• www.shipsnostalgia.com
• envisitadecortesia.com
• vidamaritima.com
• plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk

History[edit]

• 1921 Named Hoosier State; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 221645
  • Port: Camden, New Jersey
  • Owner: U.S. Shipping Board
• 1922 Renamed President Lincoln; Flag: United States
  • Call sign: MDFP
  • Port: San Francisco
  • Owner: U.S. Shipping Board
• 1925 Owner: Dollar Steamship Lines
  • Port: San Francisco
  • Call sign: MDFP, from 1934 KDUY
• 1938 Owner: American President Lines
  • Call sign: KDUY
  • Port: San Francisco
• 1940 Renamed Maria del Carmen; Flag: Panama
  • Owner: Berge y Cia, Bilbao
• 1940 Renamed Cabo de Buena Esperanza; Flag: Spain
  • Call sign: EAAL
  • Port: Seville
  • Owner: Ybarra & Co.
• 1958 Scrapped in Barcelona