SS Ussukuma
SS Ussukuma | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ussukuma |
| Owner | Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie |
| Route | Europe-Africa |
| Builder | Blohm + Voss |
| Launched | 20 December 1920 |
| Completed | 8 July 1921 |
| Fate | Commandeered by Abwehr, scuttled 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ship |
| Tonnage | 9,000 GRT |
| Length | 127.6 m (418 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 17.1 m (56 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | Steam turbine |
| Propulsion | 2 × steam turbines SR geared to a single shaft, one screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity | 264 passengers |
| Crew | 107 |
Ussukuma was a German passenger ship named after a location in the central highlands of German East Africa (now Tanzania). On 6 December 1939, only a few months into the Second World War, she was scuttled off the coast of Argentina. In January 2008, her wreck was identified by the Argentine Navy in 70 metres (230 ft) of water, 62 miles (100 km) off Necochea.