For other ships with similar names, see SS Matsonia.
Matsonia in commercial service
History
Name
SS Matsonia
Owner
Matson Navigation Company
Builder
Newport News Ship Building Company
Newport News, Virginia
Launched
1913
Fate
acquired by U.S. Navy, 22 January 1918
Arriving in New York Harbor at the end of a voyage from Europe, 1919 with troops
History
United States
Name
USS Matsonia (ID-1589)
Acquired
22 January 1918
Commissioned
1 March 1918
Decommissioned
12 September 1919
Fate
returned to her former owner, 17 September 1919
History
Name
1919–1937: SS Matsonia
1937–1940: SS Etolin
Owner
1919–1937: Matson Navigation Company
1937–1940: Alaska Packers Association
Fate
chartered to the United States Army, August 1940
History
United States
Name
USAT Matsonia
Acquired
August 1940
In service
August 1940
Out of service
28 April 1946
Fate
transferred to James River Reserve Fleet, 28 April 1946; scrapped, 1957
General characteristics (as USS Matsonia, 1918–1919)
Displacement
16,800 tons (normal)
Length
501 ft 4 in (152.81 m)
Beam
58 ft 1 in (17.70 m)
Draft
29 ft (8.8 m) (mean)
Speed
17 knots (31 km/h)
Armament
4 × 6-inch (150 mm) guns
2 × 1-pounder guns
2 × machine guns
USS Matsonia (ID-1589) was a troopship used by the United States Navy during World War I. Before and after her Navy service she was ocean liner SS Matsonia for the Matson Navigation Company. The liner was sold in 1937 to the Alaska Packers Association and renamed SS Etolin. Shortly before World War II, the ship was chartered by the United States Army as USAT Etolin. Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in 1946, Etolin was placed in the James River Reserve Fleet and ultimately scrapped in 1957.
USSMatsonia (ID-1589) was a troopship used by the United States Navy during World War I. Before and after her Navy service she was ocean liner SS Matsonia...
Matsonia may refer to one of these ships operated by the Matson Navigation Company: SS Matsonia (1913), served as USSMatsonia (ID-1589) during World War...
SS Malolo (later known as Matsonia, Atlantic, and Queen Frederica) was a passenger liner, later cruise ship, built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia...
rechristened SS Matsonia, replacing their earlier Matsonia which had been sold to Home Lines in 1954 and subsequently renamed. The new Matsonia (ex-Monterey)...
February 2020. After SS Matsonia (1913) was sold to the Alaska Packers' Association in 1937, Malolo was renamed Matsonia. Matsonia (1913) served as a troopship...
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transports was a convoy sailing from New York consisting of Kroonland, Matsonia, Manchuria, and Finland (now a Navy transport). South Dakota provided the...
Following repair, overhaul and sea trials, she sailed on the 23d to escort SS Matsonia to Pearl Harbor and continue on to Efate, New Hebrides Islands. Stack operated...
refrigerated cargo. Passenger accommodations were similar to the older Matsonia with a larger number of special staterooms with a capacity for 252 first...
Melbourne became a staging place for 1942 convoys. On 16 July 1942 the SS Matsonia arrived at Melbourne with troops, most camped at Camp Murphy. The Melbourne...
fire, and sank on September 29, 1939; scrapped in 1943 SS Malolo 1926 Matsonia (1937–1948) Atlantic (1948–1955) Queen Frederica (1955–1977) Scrapped in...
Four days after her Navy commissioning, Finland departed New York with Matsonia, Manchuria, and Kroonland. Rendezvousing with the convoy were two transports...
Liechtenstein 1970 18,017 Formerly: the SS Monterey (1932–1953), the SS Matsonia (1954–63), and the SS Lurline (1963–1970), SS Britanis (1970–1998) chartered...
commissioned. The ship departed New York on 30 April with the transports Matsonia, Manchuria, and Finland. Martha Washington and Powhatan—two transports...
Newport News with Navy transports Aeolus, Powhatan, Martha Washington, Matsonia, but had to return to port with a leaky gas injector. On 27 August 1918...
San Francisco for Hawaii on April 15, 1925 aboard the commercial vessel Matsonia ahead of nearly all the fleet, but did not accompany the ships of the cruise...
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