GEORGE WASHINGTON 

 

BUILT:  1908  BEAM: 78'    DRAFT: 34'  
LENGTH:  721'-9" CARGO [cu ft]: 137,969   PASS [troop ship]: 6,341  
PROP: Recip-eng 2   RADIUS [miles]: 20,000 TONS:   23,788
TYPE:    SPEED [knots]:  16 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

German liner GEORGE WASHINGTON interned in Apr 1917 for use in WW I.  In 1940 used by the U. S. Navy as a troopship -- the USS GATLIN.

Sold to the British in 1941 as the GEORGE WASHINGTON.

 

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