USS General G. W. Goethals
The ship as Grunewald | |
| History | |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack |
| Yard number | 551 |
| Completed | 1911 or 1912 |
| Acquired | for US Navy, 10 Mar 1919 |
| Commissioned | into US Navy, 10 Mar 1919 |
| Decommissioned | from US Navy, 13 Sep 1919 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | scrapped 1937 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo liner |
| Tonnage | 4,707 GRT, 2,883 NRT |
| Displacement | 2,783 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 48.7 ft (14.8 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) |
| Depth | 25.0 ft (7.6 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 400 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Troops | nearly 1,000 |
| Complement | in US Navy service: 77 |
| Crew | 1931: 71 |
| Notes | sister ships: Schwarzwald, Steigerwald, Wasgenwald |
USS General G. W. Goethals (ID-1443) was a German cargo liner that the United States seized during the First World War. She was launched in 1911 for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) as Grunewald. In 1917 the US seized her in Panama, and the Panama Canal Railway (PCR) operated her for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). In 1919 she spent six months in the United States Navy, in which she made three round trips to and from France to repatriate US troops. In 1920 the PRC bought her from the USSB. In 1925 the Black Star Line owned her. In 1926 the Munson Steamship Line bought her and renamed her Munorleans. She was scrapped in Scotland in 1937.
This was the first of three steamships that HAPAG named Grunewald. The second was her sister ship Wasgenwald, which HAPAG renamed in 1926. The third was a ship that was built in 1940, and HAPAG bought and renamed in 1951.