Santa Rosa (1917)

Later names
USAT Santa Rosa
USS Santa Rosa ID-2169
Oregonian


Builder:
William Cramp & Sons Ship and
Engine Building Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1917
Launched:
December 27, 1916
Type:
Passenger / Cargo
Completed:
January 1917
Fate:
Sunk Sept. 13, 1942 by German aircraft from KG-30, I./KG-26 and III./KG-26 while in
convoy PQ-18. (aerial torpedo)

Location: Barents Sea, 198 miles WNW of Bear Island.
(76.00N - 09.30E)

27 crewmen killed, 29 survivors picked up by escorts.
(Roll of Honor)


Owner
W. R. Grace & Company
(Grace Line Inc.)
New York, New York
1925:
American Hawaiian
Steamship Company
New York, New York


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
404' 5" (PP)
Engines:
1 quadruple expansion by Cramp
Beam:
53' 8"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
26' 2" (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
6,415
HP:
631
Displacement:
13,500
Speed:
12 knots
Crew:
41
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
N/A
Masts:
2


Masters
From
To
Name
N/A
Sept. 13, 1942
Harold W. Dowling


Timeline
Aug. 29, 1917:
Repositioned by the U.S. Army for use as a transport.
Mar. 10, 1919:
Transferred to the U.S. Navy for use as a transport, commissioned
USS Santa Rosa ID-2169.
Oct. 27, 1919:
Returned to owners.
1925:
Sold to American Hawaiian Steamship Company and renamed Oregonian.
Sept. 13, 1942:
Sunk by German aircraft.


Builder's Data
Page published Sept. 13, 2009