SS Conte Biancamano
SS Conte Biancamano in 1950s | |
| History | |
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| Italy | |
| Name | SS Conte Biancamano |
| Namesake | Humbert I, Count of Savoy |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Genoa, Italy |
| Builder | William Beardmore & Co. of Glasgow, Scotland |
| Launched | 23 April 1925 |
| Maiden voyage | 20 November 1925 |
| Fate | Seized by the United States in December 1941 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Hermitage (AP-54) |
| Christened | 1942 |
| Completed | 1942 |
| Commissioned | 14 August 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 20 August 1946 |
| Fate | Returned to the Italian Line in 1947 |
| Italy | |
| Name | Conte Biancamano |
| Operator | 1947–1960: Italian Line |
| Port of registry | Genoa, Italy |
| Builder | Shipyards of Monfalcone |
| Completed | 1948 |
| Maiden voyage | 1949 |
| In service | 1947 |
| Out of service | 26 March 1960 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1960–1964 at La Spezia, Italy |
| Notes | Partially saved as a museum exhibit at the National Museum of Science and Technology named Leonardo da Vinci |
| General characteristics | |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length | 203.56 m (667 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 23.24 m (76 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 8.36 m (27 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | steam turbines double reduction unit and two propellers |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Capacity | 180 1st class, 220 2nd class, 390 economy class, 2,660 3rd class |
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SS Conte Biancamano was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1925. The name was chosen in honor of Humbert I Biancamano, founder of the Savoy dynasty. She was built in the Scottish shipyard William Beardmore & Co. in Dalmuir, near Glasgow. She was built for the Genovese shipping company Lloyd Sabaudo, operator of Conte Rosso and Conte Verde. The engine, equipped with two steam turbines double reduction unit and two propellers, allowed her to reach a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph), and vented in two funnels. She housed 180 passengers in first class, 220 in second class, 390 in economic class and 2,660 in third class.
Conte Biancamano was the first of two sister ships, her sister Conte Grande not seeing completion until 1927.