User:Gatoclass/SB/ABIW/SS Cristobal

SS *Cristobal*
History
Namesake	Cristóbal, Panama
Owner	Panama Line
Operator	Panama Line (1939–42); United States Army (1942-46); Panama Line (1946-81);
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding (Quincy, MA)
In service	1939–1981
Refit	—as troop transport: Jan 1942; —as passenger/cargo ship: 1946;
Identification	Official No. 238789
Fate	Scrapped, 1981
General characteristics
Tonnage	10,021 grt; 5,925 nrt;
Length	474 ft 8 in (144.68 m)
Beam	64 ft (20 m)
Draft	26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Depth of hold	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Installed power	2 x turbines; 9,000 hp
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	17 knots
Range	8,975 mi (14,444 km)
Capacity	Postwar:; —passengers 216; —cargo 6,000 tons;
Troops	US Army: 1,768
Crew	Original: 116; US Army: Unknown; Postwar: 128;

Construction and design

Cristobal, a steel-hulled passenger-cargo ship, was ordered by the Panama Line, a shipping line established by the United States government in the early 1900s principally to transport goods and personnel of the government-owned Panama Railroad Company between the United States and Panama. Cristobal was built in 1939 at the Quincy, Massachusetts yard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.

Service history

Footnotes

References

refs

see The Panama Canal Review - October 1, 1981 ia
launch date[1]
panama description[2]
marad record[3]
mvus[4] crew 134 1950[5]