USAHS Algonquin

History
NameAlgonquin
Owner
Operator
  • Clyde-Mallory Line (1926-40)
  • Puerto Rico Line (1941-42)
  • United States Army (1942-46)
Port of registry
  • New York (1926-42)
  • Charleston (1942-45)
  • New York (1945-57)
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Yard number317
Launched9 September 1926
CompletedDecember 1926
Identification
  • US Official Number 226126
  • Code Letters MGJF (1926-33)
  • Code Letters KGDL (1934-46)
FateSold for scrap, 1957
General characteristics
Tonnage5,946 GRT
Length317 ft 5 in (96.75 m)
Beam55 ft (16.76 m)
Draught20 ft (6.10 m)
PropulsionTwo steam turbines driving a single screw
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)

Algonquin was an ocean liner built in 1926 for the Clyde-Mallory Line. She was involved in a collision in 1929 and rescued survivors from another in 1935. Repaired after a fire in 1940, she was requisitioned for use as a troopship and later a hospital ship. She served until 1946 when she was laid up, finally being scrapped in 1957.