CRUISE SHIP “PRESIDENT CLEVELAND' SIZE 22” APPROX SCALE 1:100 APPROX

Description

CRUISE LINES “PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
”  CRUISE SHIP. APPROX. 23” LONG. SCALE 1:1000 APPROX.
THE SHIPS WERE COMMISSIONED BY THE COMPANY  ALL MODEL SHIPS WERE FOR COMPANY  USE AND NEVER SOLD TO THE PUBLIC. WELL DETAILED. WELL CRAFTED. A COLLECTORS ITEM. NOT A TOY
History
United States
Name:
SS
President Cleveland
Namesake:
Grover Cleveland
Operator:
American President Lines
Route:
Trans-Pacific
Builder:
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co
, Alameda, California
Yard number:
9509
Laid down:
28 August 1944
Launched:
23 June 1946
Completed:
1947
Identification:
Official number
: 254296
Fate:
Sold 9 February 1973
History
Panama
Name:
SS
Oriental President
Operator:
Oceanic Cruise Development, Inc.
Route:
Trans-Pacific
Acquired:
9 February 1973
Fate:
Scrapped 1974
General characteristics
[1]
Tonnage:
15,359
GT
10,431
DWT
Displacement:
23,504
long tons
(23,881
t
)
Length:
609 ft 6 in (185.78 m)
o/a
573 ft (175 m)
p/p
Beam:
75 ft 6 in (23.01 m)
Draft:
30 ft 2 in (9.19 m)
Installed power:
20,000 hp (14,914 kW)
Propulsion:
turbo-electric transmission
;
twin
screw
Speed:
20
knots
(37 km/h; 23 mph)
Capacity:
579 passengers (379 first class, 200 economy class)
193,984 cubic feet (5,493 m
3
) cargo
Notes:
sister ship
:
SS
President Wilson
SS
President Cleveland
was an American
steam
passenger ship
that operated from 1947 to 1973. She became the
Panamanian
-flag passenger ship
SS
Oriental President
in 1973 before being scrapped in 1974. She operated on routes in the
Pacific Ocean
.
Construction
[
edit
]
President Cleveland
originally ordered by the
Maritime Commission
during World War II, as one of the Admiral-class
Type P2-SE2-R1
transport ships
, and intended to be serve in the
United States Navy
with the name
USS
Admiral D. W. Taylor
(AP-128)
.
[1]
The ship was
laid down
on 28 August 1944 at the
Bethlehem Steel
shipyard in
Alameda
,
California
, but was cancelled on 16 December 1944.
[2]
Redesigned for commercial passenger service, the ship was
launched
on 23 June 1946 with the name SS
President Cleveland
,
[3]
and she was completed in 1947.
[4]
Service history
[
edit
]
President Cleveland
was operated by
American President Lines
under a
bareboat charter
.
[4]
She appeared in the background during an
Embarcadero
waterfront scene in
San Francisco
, California, in the 1950 film
Woman on the Run
, featuring
Ann Sheridan
, at 46 minutes and 40 seconds into the film.
[
citation needed
]
On 22 or 23 July 1958 (sources disagree),
President Cleveland
was in the
Pacific Ocean
about 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi) from California during a voyage from
Honolulu
,
Territory of Hawaii
, to San Francisco when U.S. Navy
Rear Admiral
Lynne C. Quiggle
, a passenger on board, disappeared. He was presumed to have jumped or fallen overboard.
[5]
[6]
President Cleveland
appeared in the 1961 film
Susan Slade
, featuring
Connie Stevens
,
Troy Donahue
,
Dorothy Maguire
, and
Lloyd Nolan
,
[
citation needed
]
and was featured in a 1962 Britannica Films production called
The Seaport
, filmed in San Francisco.
[7]
President Cleveland
was sold to Oceanic Cruise Development, Inc. (
C.Y. Tung
Group) on 9 February 1973, re-registered in
Panama
,
[8]
and renamed
Oriental President
. She was scrapped at
Kaohsiung
,
Taiwan
, in 1974
EACH MODEL IS ATTACHED VIA BRASS PEDESTALS TO A WOODEN BASE AND ENCLOSED IN A CLEAR ACRYLIC COVER AND SPECS PLAQUE. DARK COLORED BASE
THEY ARE READY FOR A DEN - OFFICE OR MAN CAVE. GREAT ADDITON TO ANY COLLECTION. NEVER AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, NEVER SOLD BY THE COMPANY.
ALL MODELS WERE DISPLAYS IN OUR SHOWROOM. THEY MAY SHOW AGE BUT ARE NEW UNLESS SPECIFIED.  STORED FOR YEARS.
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NOTE: THIS MODEL IS BRAND NEW.  WAS A DISPLAY IN OUR SHOWROOM.
FINAL SALE,
NO RETURNS.
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
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