USS Alaskan

For various ships named USS Alaska, see USS Alaska.

SS Alaskan, probably at the time of her completion in 1902.
History
United States
NameUSS Alaskan
NamesakeState of Alaska
OwnerAmerican-Hawaiian Steamship Company
OperatorAmerican-Hawaiian Steamship Company
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Launched14 May 1901
Completed1902
Acquired12 March 1918
Commissioned23 March 1918
Decommissioned5 August 1919
RenamedSS Memore
FateReturned to owners 5 August 1919
Notes
  • In commercial service as SS Alaskan 1902–1918 and 1919–1927 and as SS Memore 1927–1933
  • Probably scrapped ca. 1933
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship and troop transport
Tonnage8,672 Gross register tons
Displacement19,419 long tons (19,731 t)
Length490 ft 0 in (149.35 m)
Beam57 ft 2 in (17.42 m)
Draft31 ft 10 in (9.70 m) (aft)
Installed power6,000 ihp (4,500 kW)
PropulsionTwo 3000-ihp (2.24 MW) steam engines, two shafts
Speed10.15 knots (18.80 km/h; 11.68 mph) (maximum)
Complement94
Armament
  • 1 × 6-inch (152-millimeter) gun
  • 1 × 6-pounder gun
  • (guns removed December 1918)

USS Alaskan (ID-4542) was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919.

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