SS Haiti
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Port of registry | New York |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Cost | $2,343,162.07 |
| Laid down | 4 April 1932 |
| Launched | 17 September 1932 |
| Completed | 15 December 1932 |
| Identification | Official Number 232021 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 5,236 GRT |
| Length | 385 ft 5 in (117.5 m) |
| Beam | 57 ft 6 in (17.5 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft 8 in (7.2 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Propulsion | steam turbine |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 95 |
SS Haiti was a passenger and freight ship built for the Colombian Mail Steamship Company built at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia and delivered 15 December 1932. The ship was renamed briefly Puerto Rico in 1938 and Monterey in 1939 to operate for the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company until requisitioned with transfer of title to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 25 September 1942. The ship was then allocated to the U.S. Army for operation under a bareboat agreement as USAT Monterey. In 1943 the ship was assigned to the command at Trinidad to supply bases in Brazil and Ascension Island. After layup in the reserve fleet the ship was sold to Turkey.