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Susquehanna (ID 3016)

Call sign (1926):
Love - Tare - Nan - Sail

Transport:

The second Susquehanna was built in 1899 as Rhein by Blohm and Voss, Hamburg, Germany

Launched 20 September 1899

Seized by the United States 6 April 1917 at Baltimore, MD

Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Susquehanna (ID 3016), 5 September 1917 at Norfolk, VA

Decommissioned 27 August 1919 and transferred to the United States Shipping Board

Struck from the Navy Register 16 September 1919

Converted for commercial use, she operated briefly in 1920 - 1922 but was then laid up

Registered in 1926 to the United States Shipping Board as a passenger ship, homeported at New York, NY

Sold for scrap to Japanese shipbreakers in November 1928.

Specifications:

Displacement 17,857 t.

1926 - 9,959 T.

Length 520'

1926 - 500.8'

Beam 58' 1"

1926 - 58.5'

Draft 28'

1926 - 28.7'

Speed 14 kts.

Complement 514

1926 - 156

Armament: Four 6"/40 mounts, two 1-pounders and two machine guns

Propulsion: Two double ended, and two single ended boilers, two vertical quadruple expansion steam engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
SS Rhein
	113k	Undated postcard	Tommy Trampp
	447k	Photo from "Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893" (1979) by Nicholas T. Cairis
	50k	This tobacco card was issued by Ogdens Ltd in the U.K. in 1902 and came from the set entitled "Ogdens Guinea Golds" New Series 1.
	244k	15 April 1908 Dinner menu
	133k	15 April 1908 Dinner menu
	415k	A family photo of Austrian Jews immigrating to Philadelphia in 1913. Left to right: Minnie Zinn, Abe Milgraum, Tante (Aunt) Chava Zinn, Reba Milgraum and Bella Zinn. Standing in front: Harry Zinn	Nick Block
USS Susquehanna (ID 3016)
	34k	Unidentified crewman	Tommy Trampp
	26k	Postcard with inscription on back "Ed Larkin taken in the year 1918 on the boat Susquehanna"	Tommy Trampp
	117k	Underway, circa 1917-1919. U.S. Navy Photo NH 43544	Naval Historical Center
	34k	Under tow by French tug at St Nazaire, France, 17 January 1919 Photo Q 70873 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums part of the American First World War Official Exchange Collection	Robert Hurst
	87k	Underway, circa 1919, with her decks crowded with troops returning home from France. Photographed by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1972. U.S. Navy Photo NH 58840	Naval Historical Center
	104k	In port, 1919. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006. Naval Historical Center photo NH 104120	Robert Hurst
	105k	In port prior to the removal of her guns, circa early 1919 Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008 Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 105839
	111k	Coaling, 1919 with two coal barges alongside, one marked "A.T.S." and another with mechanical coaling apparatus installed Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006. Naval Historical Center photo NH 105973

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT Zachariah Harvey Madison, USN - USNA Class of 1899 Awarded the Navy Cross (1920) - Retired as Captain	5 September 1917 - 22 August 1918
02	CDR Allen Bevins Reed, USN - USNA Class of 1904 Awarded the Navy Cross (1920) - Retired as Captain	22 August 1918 - 27 August 1919

Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler

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