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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
S.S. Santa Luisa (Passenger Steamship, 1918).
Later named El Salvador, Santa Ana and Mount
McKinley.
Served as USS Santa Luisa (ID # 2873) in 1918.
S.S. Santa Luisa, a 4944 gross ton passenger steamer,
was built by William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
When completed in August 1918, she was turned over to the Navy
and placed in commission as USS Santa Luisa (ID # 2873).
For the rest of World War I she was employed by the Naval Overseas
Transportation Service, making two round-trip voyages across the
Atlantic with cargo for U.S. forces in France. Decommissioned
in December 1918, she was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board
and ultimately to her original owner, the W.R. Grace shipping
line. She had commercial service during the next twenty-four years
under the names Santa Luisa, El Salvador, Santa
Ana and Mount McKinley. The ship was accidently lost
in the Aleutians on 11 March 1942.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
steamship Santa Luisa, which served as USS Santa Luisa
(ID # 2873) in 1918.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 65063
S.S. Santa Luisa (American Passenger Steamship, 1918)
Probably off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1919, following reconversion
for commercial employment. She was owned by W.R. Grace & Company
and is flying that firm's house flag from her mainmast peak.
Note that Santa Luisa still has her World War I gun platform
forward.
Photographed by the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building
Company, Philadelphia.
This ship was USS Santa Luisa in 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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The following photograph shows Santa Luisa or her
sister, S.S. Santa
Ana:
Photo #: NH 93942
S.S. Santa Ana (American Passenger-Cargo Steamship,
1918)
Fitting out at the William Cramp and Sons shipyard, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, circa late 1918.
This ship served as USS Santa Ana (ID # 2869) between
11 February and 21 July 1919. She was renamed Guatamala,
Santa Cecilia and Irwin while in commercial operation
between the World Wars and was the Army transport and hospital
ship John L. Clem during and shortly after World War II.
Note: This same photograph was also used on the official
data card for USS Santa Luisa (ID # 2873), and may well
show that ship refitting for commercial service in 1919, rather
than Santa Ana.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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