PRESIDENT MONROE

AP   104

 

BUILT:  1940  BEAM:  69'-6"  DRAFT:  21'-10" 
LENGTH:  491'-10"   CARGO [cu ft]: 147,660   PASS [troop ship]:  2,043  
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]: 14,200 TONS:  9,255
TYPE:   C3 SPEED [knots]:  16.5 DEPENDENTS / JAPAN: Yes

She and her 6 sister ships were acquired by WSA immediatly after the start of WW II.  Returned to the American President Lines in Feb 1946.

Ref:  Final Disposition, scrapped in 1973

 

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