Details: 18 072 gross tons, length 599 feet x beam 68.2 feet, one funnel, six masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. She had accommodation for 200-1st, 150-2nd, 704-3rd and 2 300-4th class passengers.
President Grant, Hamburg America Line steamship
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Chronological History
| Year |
Event |
| 1903 |
Feb. 19, launched as the Servian for Wilson and Furness, laid up in the Musgrave Channel, Belfast |
| 1906 |
Purchased by HAPAG, renamed President Grant |
| 1907 |
Sept. 14, maiden voyage Hamburg-Boulogne-Southampton-New York |
| 1914 |
took refuge in New York, Aug. 4 interned at Hoboken |
| 1917 |
Seized by the US authorities, operated as a US Navy transport - transferred to US Army (20 voyages) |
| 1920 |
repatriated Czech troops from Vladivostok via Suez to Trieste |
| 1921 |
handed over to the US Shipping Board, renamed President Buchanan, laid up |
| 1923 |
Rebuilt by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., masts reduced to 4, new tonnage: 17,910. Accommodation: 600 cabin and 600 3rd class |
| 1924 |
Renamed Republic, U.S. Lines, sailed New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Bremen |
| 1926 |
converted to carry cabin, tourist and 3rd class passengers |
| 1940 |
1940-45 used as a U.S. transport or hospital ship |
| 1946 |
Laid up |
| 1951 |
Scrapped |
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President Grant
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