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SS ''Minnesotan'' was a cargo ship built in 1912 for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. During World War I she was known as USAT ''Minnesotan'' in service for the United States Army and USS ''Minnesotan'' (ID-4545) in service for the United States Navy. She ended her career as the SS ''Maria Luisa R.'' under Italian ownership. She was built by the Maryland Steel Company as one of eight sister ships for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, and was employed in inter-coastal service via the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Panama Canal after it opened. In World War I, USAT ''Minnesotan'' carried cargo and animals to France under charter to the U.S. Army from September 1917. When transferred to the U.S. Navy in August 1918, USS ''Minnesotan'' continued in the same duties, but after the Armistice she was converted to a troop transport and returned over 8,000 American troops from France. Returned to American-Hawaiian in 1919, ''Minnesotan'' resumed inter-coastal cargo service, and, at least twice, carried racing yachts from the U.S. East Coast to California. During World War II, ''Minnesotan'' was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration and initially sailed between New York and Caribbean ports. In the latter half of 1943, ''Minnesotan'' sailed between Indian Ocean ports. The following year the cargo ship sailed between New York and ports in the United Kingdom, before returning to the Caribbean. In July 1949, American-Hawaiian sold ''Minnesotan'' to Italian owners who renamed her ''Maria Luisa R.''; she was scrapped in 1952 at Bari. == Design and construction == In September 1911, the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company placed an order with the Maryland Steel Company of Sparrows Point, Maryland, for four new cargo ships—''Minnesotan'', , , and .〔Maryland Steel had built three ships—, ''Georgian'', and ''Honolulan''—for American-Hawaiian in 1909 in what proved to be a satisfactory arrangement for both companies. See: Cochran and Ginger, p. 358.〕 The contract cost of the ships was set at the construction cost plus an 8% profit for Maryland Steel, but with a maximum cost of $640,000 per ship. The construction was financed by Maryland Steel with a credit plan that called for a 5% down payment in cash with nine monthly installments for the balance. Provisions of the deal allowed that some of the nine installments could be converted into longer-term notes or mortgages. The final cost of ''Minnesotan'', including financing costs, was $65.65 per deadweight ton, which totaled just under $668,000.〔 ''Minnesotan'' (Maryland Steel yard no. 124)〔 was the first ship built under the original contract.〔Further contracts on similar terms were signed in November 1911 and May 1912 to build four additional ships: , , , . See: Cochran and Ginger, p. 358, and Colton.〕 She was launched on 8 June 1912,〔 and delivered to American-Hawaiian in September.〔 ''Minnesotan'' was ,〔 and was in length and abeam.〔 She had a deadweight tonnage of , and her cargo holds had a storage capacity of .〔 ''Minnesotan'' had a speed of , and was powered by a single quadruple-expansion steam engine with oil-fired boilers, that drove a single screw propeller.〔〔 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 Minnesotan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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