SS Graf Waldersee — historic photograph

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SS Graf Waldersee

Ocean liner (1898–1922)

1899 Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 12,830 GRT 561.2 ft Scrapped
12,830GRT
Tonnage
561.2ft
Length
62.2ft
Beam
14knots
Speed
3passengers
Passengers
250crew
Crew

SS Graf Waldersee was a transatlantic liner that was launched in Germany in 1898 and spent most of her career with Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). She was the third of a class of four HAPAG sister ships that were built in the United Kingdom and Germany between 1896 and 1899.

In 1919 HAPAG surrendered Graf Waldersee to the United States as part of Germany's World War I reparations to the Allies. She became the United States Navy troop ship USS Graf Waldersee (ID-4040) and was used to repatriate American Expeditionary Forces troops from Europe.

At the end of 1919 Graf Waldersee was transferred from the United States Shipping Board to the UK Shipping Controller. She was scrapped in Germany in 1922.

Text: Wikipedia — SS Graf Waldersee, CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
as built: 12,830 GRT, 8,157 NRT
Length
561.2 ft
Beam
62.2 ft
Speed
14 knots
Passengers
1899: 162 1st class, 184 2nd class, 2,200 3rd class
Crew
in civilian service: 250
Builder
Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Yard number
131
Launched
10 December 1898
Maiden voyage
2–15 April 1899
Out of service
from US Navy, 25 November 1919
Owner
1898–1919: HAPAG; 1919: US Shipping Board
Port of registry
Hamburg
Propulsion
2 × quadruple-expansion engines
Fate
Scrapped 1922
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