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SS H.F. Alexander
''Great Northern'' was a passenger ship built at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons under supervision of the Great Northern Pacific Steam Ship Company for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, itself a joint venture of the Great Northern Railway (U.S.), Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. ''Great Northern'', along with sister ship , were built to provide a passenger and freight link by sea between the northern transcontinental rail lines via the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway terminal at Astoria, Oregon and San Francisco beginning in spring of 1915. The ship was acquired for military service in September 1917 and served as USS ''Great Northern'' (AG-9), USAT ''Great Northern'' and USS ''Columbia'' before returning to commercial Pacific Coast service as ''H. F. Alexander''. In 1942 the ship was acquired by the War Shipping Administration and again became an Army transport, USAT ''George S. Simonds''. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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