USS Rogday

USS Rogday (ID-3583), probably at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1918 or 1919.
History
United States
NameUSS Rogday
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderManitowoc Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Completed1915
Acquired15 November 1918
Commissioned22 November 1918
Decommissioned18 June 1919
FateTransferred to United States Shipping Board 24 September 1919
Notes
  • Served as commercial icebreaker and cargo ship SS Nevada 1915–1917, as Imperial Russian SS Rogday 1917–1918 and 1919–1921, and as SS Nevada from 1921;
  • Foundered 18 December 1943
General characteristics
TypeIcebreaker and cargo ship
Tonnage2,122 Gross register tons
Length230 ft (70 m)
Beam42 ft (13 m)
Depth of hold24 ft (7.3 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Complement96

USS Rogday (ID-3538) was a United States Navy icebreaker and cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919.

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