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SS President Wilson

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Passenger ship S.S. President Wilson.jpg
image_caption	}}
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United States
flag
name	SS President Wilson
namesake	Woodrow Wilson
operator	*United States Maritime Commission (originally planned)
route	Trans-Pacific
builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, California
yard_number	9510
laid_down	November 27, 1944
launched	November 24, 1947
sponsor	Mrs. E. Russell Lutz
completed	April 27, 1948
in_service	until 1961
renamed	Oriental Empress
identification	*
fate	Scrapped, 1984
badge	}}
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption
tonnage	*
displacement	23,504 LT
length	*609 ft o/a
*{{Convert	573	ft	m	abbr	on}} p/p
beam	75 ft
draft	30 ft
power	20000 hp
propulsion	*turbo-electric transmission;
speed	20 kn
capacity	*579 passengers (379 first class, 200 economy class)
notes	sister ship:

American President Lines (1948-1970)
Oceanic Cruise Development (1973-1984)
Official number: 255039
573 ft p/p
twin screw
193984 ft3 cargo

SS President Wilson was an American passenger ship originally ordered by the United States Maritime Commission during World War II, as one of the Admiral W. S. Benson-class Type P2-SE2-R1 transport ships, and intended to be named USS Admiral F.B. Upham (AP-129), but she was launched just after the war ended. in 1948, The ship was put into service for the American President Lines. The ship remained in service for the shipping company until 1973. She was sold to Oceanic Cruise Development before eventually, scrapped at Kaohsiung.

Background

The President Wilson and her sister ship the SS President Cleveland were originally planned to be commissioned by the United States Maritime Commission in a series of eight troopships of the type P2-SE2-R1 (Admirals) class ships. The class was designed to be used as a passenger ship which could be readily converted into a troop transport ships during wartime service. During construction, President Wilson and President Cleveland were canceled, so the ships were later converted into passenger liners.

History

The President Wilson was laid down on November 27, 1944 at the Bethlehem Steel shipyard in Alameda, California, but was cancelled on December 16, 1944. The ship was finally launched on November 24, 1947, completed and delivered to the Maritime Commission on April 27, 1948.

She was sold to Orient Overseas Line on April 27, 1973, and renamed Oriental Empress. On December 7, 1973 it departed Los Angeles but upon arriving in Hong Kong, oil was unable to be sourced due to the 1973 oil crisis and it was promptly withdrawn and its passengers flown home. It briefly returned to service before being withdrawn in September 1975. It remained laid up at anchor until taken to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrap in May 1984.

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060325140154/http://www.apl.com/history/timeline/stat7.htm APL: History - 1944-52 SS ''President Wilson''] [[American President Lines]]
"SS PRESIDENT WILSON - MARAD - Maritime Administration". [[United States Department of Transportation]].
"Admiral F. B. Upham".
(January 1947). "Bethlehem Launches the President Wilson". Pacific American Steamship Association.
(October 20, 1952). "Proposed Work on the S.S. President Cleveland and S.S. President Wilson". [[General Accounting Office]].
The Presidents ''[[Ships Monthly]]'' November 2017 pages 24-29

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