SS Sierra (1900)
SS Sierra en route to Honolulu, Hawaii Territory. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner | Oceanic Steamship Company |
| Port of registry | San Francisco |
| Launched | 29 May 1900 |
| Fate | Broken up 1934 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sierra |
| Namesake | Sierra Nevada mountain range (previous name retained) |
| Acquired | 27 May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1919 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owners 1 October 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 5,989 GRT |
| Displacement | 9,680 long tons (9,840 t) (normal) |
| Length | 416 ft 0 in (126.80 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft 2 in (15.29 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) (mean) |
| Depth | 25 ft 11 in (7.90 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × triple expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Wireless direction finding |
| General characteristics in US Navy service | |
| Type | Troop transport |
| Tonnage | 5,989 GRT |
| Displacement | 9,680 long tons (9,840 t) (normal) |
| Length | 416 ft 0 in (126.80 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft 2 in (15.29 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 0 in (7.32 m) (mean) |
| Depth | 25 ft 11 in (7.90 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 284 |
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SS Sierra was a steamship launched in 1900. It served as a passenger ship from 1900 to 1918, completing its 100th voyage between San Francisco and Honolulu in March 1914. In 1918, during World War I, the United States Navy acquired the ship and it served as a troopship as the USS Sierra (ID-1634). It was decommissioned from naval service in 1919, and was later renamed SS Gdansk.