SS Alameda (1883)

Alameda
History
United States
Name	Alameda
Owner	Oceanic Steamship Co (1883–1910) Alaska Steamship Co (1910–31)
Port of registry	New York (by 1930)
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Completed	1883
Acquired	Never
Commissioned	Never
Identification	US Official Number 106184 Code Letters KBML
Fate	Burned down, 28 November 1931
General characteristics
Type	passenger ship
Tonnage	3,158 GRT tonnage under deck 2,936 1,939 NRT
Displacement	5,000 tons
Length	314.0 ft (95.7 m) p/p 332 ft 5 in (101.32 m) o/a
Beam	41.0 ft (12.5 m)
Draft	22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
Depth	17.3 ft (5.3 m)
Installed power	434 NHP; 3,500 ihp
Propulsion	triple-expansion steam engine, single screw
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Crew	52
Sensors and processing systems	wireless direction finding

Note: This ship should not be confused with the motorboat Alameda, considered for World War I service as USS Alameda (SP-1040), but also never acquired or commissioned.

USS Alameda (ID-1432) was the proposed designation for a steamship that never actually served in the United States Navy.

Alameda was an iron-hulled passenger liner built in 1883 by the William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia^[1] for the Oceanic Steamship Company. After the ship was completed in July 1883, 18-year-old Maggie Cramp, daughter of Joseph Cramp, played the piano at a reception; while disembarking, she slipped on the gangplank and drowned.^[2] The Alaska Steamship Company bought her in 1910.

After the USA entered World War I in 1917, the US Navy's 13th Naval District inspected her for possible naval service, and she was registered accordingly with the Naval Registry Identification Number (ID. No.) 1432. However, the Navy appears never to have acquired or commissioned her.

Alameda remained in commercial use until she caught fire at a pier in Seattle on 28 November 1931. She was subsequently scrapped.

See also[]

• SS Mariposa (1883), sister ship

References[]

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Alameda (ID 1432)