SS Cambridge (1919) explained

SS Cambridge was a Design 1023 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

History

She was laid down at yard number 57 at the Newark, New Jersey shipyard of the Submarine Boat Corporation (SBC), one of 132 Design 1023 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board (there were 154 ships of the class built in total). She was launched on 30 June 1919, completed in August 1919, and named the Cambridge. Total cost was $1,044,313.^[1] In 1925, she was broken up by the Ford Motor Company who purchased 200 vessels from the Shipping Board for $1,706,000 and used the steel to make cars.^[2]

Bibliography

• Web site: Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part III, Contract Steel Ships . McKellar . Norman L. . Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921 . ShipScribe . 1 May 2014 .
• Marine Review . 1920 . 1919 Construction Record of U.S. Yards . The Marine Review . 50 . February . 107 . New York . 27 March 2021 .

External links

• EFC Design 1023: Illustrations

Notes and References

1. Book: United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation - Hearings Before The Select Committee of Inquiry into Operations, Policies, and Affairs of the United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation. 4274 . U.S. Government Printing Office. January 1925.
2. Henry Ford's Bargain In Ships. 13. The Literary Digest. August 22, 1925.