Category:Philadelphia (ship, 1889)
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Ship
edit- Built by: J&G Thomson at Glasgow
- Length: 160.8 m
- Beam: 19.3 m
- GRT: 10499 tons
- clipper stem, three funnels, three masts, twin screw giving 20 knots. Accommodation for 540 1st, 200 2nd, 1000 3rd class passengers. After rebuilding at Belfast, her funnels were reduced to two and her tonnage increased to 10786.
History
edit- 1889 Named: CITY OF PARIS for the Inman Line and ran on their Liverpool - Queenstown - New York service.
- 1893 Transferred to the American flag Renamed: PARIS for the American Line and was employed on their Southampton - NY run.
- 1898 she became the US armed cruiser USS YALE
- 1898 Resumed NY - Southampton as the PARIS
- 1899 Grounded off the Cornish coast, was refloated and rebuilt at Belfast as the PHILADELPHIA
- 1901 Used in the Southampton - Cherbourg - NY service. She also called at Queenstown (Cobh).
- 1914 Transferred to the Liverpool - NY
- 1918 Became the US Transport USS HARRISBURG
- 1920 Back to the NY - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Southampton run as the PHILADELPHIA
- 1922 sold to the New York - Naples Steamship Co. and employed on the NY - Gibraltar - Naples service where she was arrested for debt
- 1923 Scrapped in Genoa.
Media in category "Philadelphia (ship, 1889)"
The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total.
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Antonio Jacobsen - The American liner Philadelphia at sea - 1902.png 819 × 496; 794 KB
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City of paris.jpg 740 × 574; 90 KB
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Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911) (14755857061).jpg 2,528 × 1,822; 562 KB
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Mascot of PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014703959.tif 3,359 × 4,897; 15.69 MB
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Mascot of PHILADELPHIA LOC 16269824410.jpg 513 × 867; 64 KB
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NH 41734-A USS Harrisburg.jpg 700 × 565; 96 KB
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PHILADELPHIA (& NEW YORK) LCCN2014695764.jpg 5,791 × 4,229; 2.03 MB
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PHILADELPHIA (& NEW YORK) LCCN2014695764.tif 5,791 × 4,229; 23.36 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014699370.jpg 4,903 × 3,391; 1.64 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014699370.tif 4,903 × 3,391; 15.86 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014700737.jpg 3,371 × 4,947; 1.73 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014700737.tif 3,371 × 4,947; 15.91 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014703958.tif 3,296 × 4,891; 15.37 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014703960.tif 4,866 × 3,296; 15.3 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LCCN2014703961.tif 4,828 × 3,291; 15.15 MB
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PHILADELPHIA LOC 16271346947.jpg 1,024 × 694; 128 KB
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PHILADELPHIA LOC 16455502011.jpg 1,024 × 698; 123 KB
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PHILADELPHIA LOC 16456310132.jpg 690 × 1,024; 113 KB
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Spanish Map of Southampton Docks in April 10 1912.jpg 2,168 × 2,112; 232 KB