SS Antilles (1906)
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| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Antilles |
| Operator |
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| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Launched | December 3, 1906 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by U-62, October 17, 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger-cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 6,878 GRT 4,326 NRT |
| Displacement | 10,500 tons (normal coal supply) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 53.2 ft (16.2 m) |
| Draft | mean: 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Depth | 25.6 ft (7.8 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 860 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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SS Antilles was a US passenger-cargo ship launched in 1906. Chartered by the US Army in 1917 for use as a troop transport, Antilles was sunk by a German U-boat on October 17, 1917, resulting in the loss of 67 lives. At the time of its sinking the Antilles was the largest single largest loss of US lives to that point in World War I.