SS Algol

SS Algol is an Algol-class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Military Sealift Command's Ready Reserve Force. She was built as a high speed container ship by Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij N.V. in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, hull no. 331, for Sea-Land Service, Inc. and named SS Sea-Land Exchange, USCG ON 546383, IMO 7303205. As the first of her class in service, her owners were eager to showcase her abilities and so ordered that in August of 1973 the vessel would attempt to best the record-setting Atlantic Ocean crossing time of the SS United States which earned her the Blue Riband to showcase the capabilities of the new class of cargo vessels. Though ineligible to take the title as she was not a passenger vessel, the Sea-Land Exchange nevertheless completed her Eastbound crossing at an average of 34.97 knots, only 1 knot slower than the SS United States. The vessel is still the Guinness Book of World Records holder for fastest Eastbound Atlantic Crossing by a cargo ship.

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1973 Wikimedia, Wikidata
IMO 7303205; T-AKR-287
speed 33 knot, draft 10.4 metre, length 288.4 metre, beam 32.2 metre, length 288.38 metre,
Algol-class vehicle cargo ship, vehicle cargo ship, Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, United States Navy,

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1973 SS Algol

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keel laying

1972-09-01T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

SS Algol, Islais Creek, San Francisco

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commons	image	SS Algol, Islais Creek, San Francisco	Commons
commons	image	SS Algol, Islais Creek, San Francisco	Commons
commons	image	SS Algol, Islais Creek, San Francisco	Commons

SS Algol

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