SS Florida (1931)
Steamship Florida | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Florida |
| Namesake | The state of Florida |
| Operator | Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company |
| Route | Miami, Florida to Havana, Cuba |
| Builder | Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 1931 |
| Launched | 1931 |
| Fate | Transferred to War Shipping Administration (WSA), 1 January 1942 |
| United States | |
| Name | Florida |
| Operator |
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| Acquired | 1 January 1942 |
| In service | 1 January 1942 |
| Out of service | 17 July 1946 |
| Fate | Returned to P & O Steamship Co., 17 July 1946 |
| United States | |
| Name | Florida |
| Operator | P & O Steamship Company |
| Fate | Transferred to Liberian registry, September 1955 |
| Panama | |
| Name | Florida |
| Fate | Sold to Canadian owner, 1967 |
| Canada | |
| Name | La Palais Flotant |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1968, Santander, Spain |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Transport |
| Tonnage | 4,945 GT |
| Length | 388 ft (118 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Propellers |
| Speed | 10.5 kn (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Capacity | 14,800 cu ft (420 m3) |
| Troops | 958 (wartime service) |
SS Florida, was a steamship used by the Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company as a transport between Cuba and Florida. At the end of its life, it was renamed La Palais Flotant, and used as a floating hotel in Quebec. The SS Florida was designed to carry 612 first-class passengers and 130 second-class passengers.