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.

Alameda
History
United States
NameAlameda
Owner
Port of registryNew York (by 1930)
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Completed1883
AcquiredNever
CommissionedNever
Identification
FateBurned down, 28 November 1931
General characteristics
Typepassenger ship
Tonnage
  • 3,158 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 2,936
  • 1,939 NRT
Displacement5,000 tons
Length314.0 ft (95.7 m) p/p 332 ft 5 in (101.32 m) o/a
Beam41.0 ft (12.5 m)
Draft22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
Depth17.3 ft (5.3 m)
Installed power434 NHP; 3,500 ihp
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Crew52
Sensors and
processing systems
wireless direction finding

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

The Alameda was an iron-hulled passenger liner that was built in 1883 by William Cramp & Sons at Philadelphia[1] for the Oceanic Steamship Company. After the ship was completed in July 1883, eighteen-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 United States entered World War I in 1917, the U.S. 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.

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

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References

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  1. ^ Lloyd's Register, Steamships and Motor Ships (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register. 190. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Tragic Eding of a Joyous Occasion". Sacramento Daily Union. 27 July 1883. Retrieved 26 February 2020.