T/S President Harding

Other names: President Taft - Lone Star State
Call sign: KDWK
Shipping company: United States Lines,USA
Nationality: USA
Home port: San Francisco, California, USA
Shipyard: New York Ship Building Co. Camden, NJ. USA
Build year: 1921
Other: Participant in WW2
Attacked from air (14.5.1940)
Civilian ships

Gross tonnage:: 13.869
Net tonnage:: 8.171
Speed:: 18
Length:: 516.5'
Beam:: 72.2'
Draft:: 27.8'

T/S President Harding Copyright: Ukjent fotograf / National Archives of Poland / Wikimedia Commons
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Historikk:

1921 - Levert fra New York Ship Building Co. Camden, NJ. USA til US. Shipping board, USSB Washington D.C.- LONE STAR STATE
1922 - US. Shipping Board, United States Shipping Board - USSB, Washington D.C.- Nytt navn - PRESIDENT TAFT
1922 - US. Shipping Board, United States Shipping Board - USSB, Washington D.C.- nytt navn - PRESIDENT HARDING
1940 - United States Line Inc. (U.S.L)Delavare v/ Chapman New York. - PRESIDENT HARDING
1940 - Solgt til Sociètè Maritime Anversoise, Antwerpen, Belgia - nytt navn - VILLE de BRUGES
14.5.1940 - Bombet i brann og strandsatt av tyske bombefly i Shelde.
1952 - Vraket hugget.

Maskineri:
4 stk Steam Turbiner, SP geared til 2 Sc.shafts. Maskineri bygget ved Bethlehem Ship Building Corp. Ltd. Quicy, Mass. USA.