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SS ''Caserta'' was an Italian ocean liner named for the city of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. She was previously known as SS ''Maritzburg'' and SS ''Mendoza'', and was later renamed SS ''Venezuela''. Launched in 1904 as ''Maritzburg'' for the Bucknall Line, the ship was sold to Lloyd Italiano in 1905 and renamed ''Mendoza''. Renamed ''Caserta'' in 1914, she was placed under the Navigazione Generale Italiana banner in 1918. During World War I she was employed as a troopship carrying United States troops to France as part of the United States Navy Cruiser and Transport Force. In 1923, she was renamed ''Venezuela'' and transferred to La Veloce for South American service, but reverted to NGI control in 1924. She was scrapped in 1928. == Early career == SS ''Maritzburg'', an ocean liner with a ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lloyd Italiano Line )〕 was built in 1904 by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.〔 Sailing for the Bucknall Line during her first year of operation, the liner was sold in 1905 to Lloyd Italiano and renamed SS ''Mendoza''.〔 ''Mendoza'' completed one trip to New York in January 1908, and two trips in September and October 1909.〔Immigration Information Bureau, pp. 130, 138.〕 For the next two years, she began service to New York in May and continued through December. Beginning in May 1912, ''Mendoza'' began year-round service on the New York route, sailing opposite .〔Immigration Information Bureau, pp. 146, 161, 170〕 In 1914, the ship was renamed SS ''Caserta'' after the city of Caserta, Italy,〔 and continued New York service opposite ''Taormina''.〔Immigration Information Bureau, p. 179.〕 In May 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, and ships from New York to Italy often carried Italian immigrants returning to fight for their homeland. One voyage of ''Caserta'' was typical; she sailed from New York on 1 November carrying some 1,200 men, nearly all of whom were, according to an article in ''The New York Times'', reservists of the Italian Army. Before her 1 February 1916 arrival in New York, ''Caserta'' had been armed with two guns mounted on her after deckhouse, and manned by two gunners mates and two assistants. ''Caserta'' had been escorted by Italian Navy torpedo boats until she reached Gibraltar. The gunners practiced from Gibraltar to the Azores by shooting at submarine-like targets—butter barrels, which had been equipped with a stick, painted gray, and tossed from the bow of the ship. ''Caserta'', by this time the only Lloyd Italiano ship sailing to New York, completed two more roundtrips to New York before Italy joined the war against Germany in August 1916. ''Caserta'' completed two more New York roundtrips before the end of the year.〔Immigration Information Bureau, p. 189.〕 Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare on 1 February 1917. Lloyd Italiano did not have any U.S. passenger service that year, and ''Caserta''s activities in 1917 are unknown.〔Immigration Information Bureau, pp. 191–92.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Caserta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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