USS Theodore Roosevelt (ID-1478)
SS Theodore Roosevelt on the Great Lakes sometime between 1906 and 1918, prior to her U.S. Navy service. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | SS Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Namesake | President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) (previous name retained) |
| Builder | Toledo Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 1906 |
| Launched | 1906 |
| Acquired | Spring 1918 |
| Commissioned | 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 1919 |
| In service | 1919 |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| Fate | Sold for Scrap in 1950 |
| Notes | Served as commercial passenger ship SS Theodore Roosevelt 1906–1918 1919-1950 and troop transport 1918–1919; scrapped 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger Ship |
| Displacement | 1,955 long tons (1,986 t) |
| Length | 287 ft (87 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) |
.jpg){kind=link}
The first USS Theodore Roosevelt (ID-1478) was a United States Navy troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919.