Hamburg, Germany - Graf Waldersee
Years in Service: 1898-1922
Number of Funnels: 1
Number of Masts: 4
Shipping Line: Hamburg America Line
Built By: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
Ship Description: Tonnage: 12,830. Dimensions: 561.2 ‘ x 62.2’. Twin screw, 14
knots. Four masts, one funnel.
History: There was passenger accommodation for 162 – 1st class, 184 – 2nd class,
and 2,200 3rd class. Began as the Pavia and she was launched on 10/12/1898,
she became the Graf Waldersee. She spent World War I in Germany, and was
taken over by the U.S. Navy following the end of the fighting. Commissioned at
Spithead, England, in late March 1919, Graf Waldersee made three voyages to
New York from Brest, France, between early April and late August, carrying
more than 5600 war veterans and other passengers. On the foggy night of 11
June 1919, soon after departing New York for France, she was seriously
damaged in a collision with the merchant steamship Redondo, but was repaired
and returned to service. Decommissioned in November 1919 and turned over to
the U.S. Shipping Board, Graf Waldersee was sold for scrapping in 1921.
Number of Funnels: 1
Number of Masts: 4
Shipping Line: Hamburg America Line
Built By: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany.
Ship Description: Tonnage: 12,830. Dimensions: 561.2 ‘ x 62.2’. Twin screw, 14
knots. Four masts, one funnel.
History: There was passenger accommodation for 162 – 1st class, 184 – 2nd class,
and 2,200 3rd class. Began as the Pavia and she was launched on 10/12/1898,
she became the Graf Waldersee. She spent World War I in Germany, and was
taken over by the U.S. Navy following the end of the fighting. Commissioned at
Spithead, England, in late March 1919, Graf Waldersee made three voyages to
New York from Brest, France, between early April and late August, carrying
more than 5600 war veterans and other passengers. On the foggy night of 11
June 1919, soon after departing New York for France, she was seriously
damaged in a collision with the merchant steamship Redondo, but was repaired
and returned to service. Decommissioned in November 1919 and turned over to
the U.S. Shipping Board, Graf Waldersee was sold for scrapping in 1921.