SS Constitution
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This article is about the ocean liner. For the United States Navy frigate, see USS Constitution. For other ships, see Constitution (disambiguation).
The SS Constitution was an ocean liner owned by American Export Lines, sister ship of the SS Independence. Both were constructed in the United States and made their maiden voyages in 1951.
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SS Constitution in the 1950s | |
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Builder | Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA |
Yard number | 1619[1] |
Laid down | 1950 |
Launched | September 16, 1950[1] |
Completed | 1951 |
Maiden voyage | June 25, 1951[1] |
In service | 1951 |
Out of service | 1997 |
Identification | IMO number: 5078882 |
Fate | Sank while under tow to shipbreakers, 1997 |
General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 208.01 m (682.45 ft) |
Beam | 27.18 m (89.17 ft) |
Draft | 9.20 m (30.18 ft) |
Installed power | 2 × Bethlehem Steel Corporation steam turbines; 40456 kW |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Capacity | 1000 passengers |
General characteristics (after 1959 refit)[1] | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 23,754 GRT |
Capacity | 395 passengers |
General characteristics (after 1974 refit)[1] | |
Capacity | 950 passengers |
General characteristics (after 1980 refit)[1] | |
Tonnage | 20,221 GRT |
Capacity | 1073 passengers |
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