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Mrs. Calvin C. Coolidge: Completed: 1 October 1931 (delivered) Homeport: San Francisco: Identification: official number 231219; signal code MJPF (until 1933) Call sign KDMX (from 1934) Fate: Sunk by mines, 26 October 1942: General characteristics; Type: Ocean liner, then troopship: Tonnage: 21,936 GRT; 13,029 NRT; Length: 615.0 ft ...
President Coolidge, which struck a mine in the harbor of Espiritu Santo in October 1942. The President Coolidge accommodated 990 passengers and a ship’s company of 324 crewmen. She could carry 600,000 cubic feet of cargo in her seven holds, one of which was refrigerated.
Launched February 21, 1931 as SS President Coolidge named in honor of 30th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge sponsored by his wife, Mrs. Calvin C. Coolidge. Completed and delivered October 1, 1931. As a luxury liner, the ship had a first class section for 305, tourist class of 133 and steerage class of 402 passengers.
Launched on 21st February 1931 the SS President Coolidge was the largest passenger ship to be constructed in America (with her twin sister, the SS President Hoover) at that time. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding Drydock Company in Newport News, the Coolidge was 200m by 25m and had a gross displacement of 21,936 tons.
The Coolidge is now regarded as the most accessible shipwreck in the world for divers, for a ship of its size and type. In fact due to its location, depth, accessibility and the visibility of the water it lies in, it was named one of the top ten dive spots in the world.
Calvin Coolidge. Apariencia. ocultar. John Calvin Coolidge Jr. ( Plymouth, Vermont; 4 de julio de 1872- Northampton, Massachusetts; 5 de enero de 1933) fue el trigésimo presidente de los Estados Unidos (1923-29). Era un abogado republicano de Vermont, que comenzó su carrera política en Massachusetts, estado del que fue gobernador.
30 de abr. de 2024 · It is said that this is the largest, most accessible wreck in the world and has been coined as “the world’s greatest shore dive”. The SS President Coolidge was commissioned by the Dollar Steamship Company in October 1929 along with her sister ship, the SS President Hoover, at a cost of just over US $7 million per ship.
