Arosa Kulm
ClassCruise Ship | Flag state- |
Maiden Voyage Date1919 | Cruise Age105 |
Cruise LineArosa Cruises | Category- |
Ship statistics
Gross Tonnage7,555t | Deck Levels- | Crew-to-Passenger Ratio- |
Length- | Decks with cabins- | Passengers-to-space ratio- |
Width- | Cabins- | Ice Class- |
Passengers- | Displacement- | Inflatable boat- |
Introduction to the cruise
History
Name: USAT Cantigny
Launched: 27 October 1919
Commissioned: 1920
Fate: Sold in 1923/1924 for commercial service
Name
American Banker (1924)
Ville d'Anvers (1940)
City of Athens (1946)
Protea (1947)
Arosa Kulm (1952)
Fate: Broken up at Bruges, 1959
General characteristics as troopship
Tonnage: 7,555 GRT
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
SS Arosa Kulm was a passenger ship which was launched at Hog Island, Pennsylvania in 1919 and completed in 1920.
Arosa Kulm started as the U.S. Army Transport Cantigny, a 7,555-gross register ton troopship with a speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) and was sold in 1923/1924 to commercial transatlantic freight and passenger transport as American Banker. In 1940 the ship was transferred to a Belgian shipping company as Ville d'Anvers together with seven other idle American ships and was the only one of the eight ships to survive World War II to re-enter passenger service in 1946 with 200 berths as City of Athens. In 1947 as Protea and refitted with berths for over 965 persons. the accommodations were probably the worst of any ship of that time. In 1952 the accommodations were adjusted to 900 and she was renamed Arosa Kulm after being sold to Panama's Arosa Line.
Australia was visited four times by Arosa Kulm.
In addition to serving immigrants, Arosa Kulm was chartered by American Field Service, an exchange organization bringing numerous exchange students between Europe and the U.S.
Arosa Kulm was scrapped at Bruges in Belgium in 1959.
Name: USAT Cantigny
Launched: 27 October 1919
Commissioned: 1920
Fate: Sold in 1923/1924 for commercial service
Name
American Banker (1924)
Ville d'Anvers (1940)
City of Athens (1946)
Protea (1947)
Arosa Kulm (1952)
Fate: Broken up at Bruges, 1959
General characteristics as troopship
Tonnage: 7,555 GRT
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
SS Arosa Kulm was a passenger ship which was launched at Hog Island, Pennsylvania in 1919 and completed in 1920.
Arosa Kulm started as the U.S. Army Transport Cantigny, a 7,555-gross register ton troopship with a speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) and was sold in 1923/1924 to commercial transatlantic freight and passenger transport as American Banker. In 1940 the ship was transferred to a Belgian shipping company as Ville d'Anvers together with seven other idle American ships and was the only one of the eight ships to survive World War II to re-enter passenger service in 1946 with 200 berths as City of Athens. In 1947 as Protea and refitted with berths for over 965 persons. the accommodations were probably the worst of any ship of that time. In 1952 the accommodations were adjusted to 900 and she was renamed Arosa Kulm after being sold to Panama's Arosa Line.
Australia was visited four times by Arosa Kulm.
In addition to serving immigrants, Arosa Kulm was chartered by American Field Service, an exchange organization bringing numerous exchange students between Europe and the U.S.
Arosa Kulm was scrapped at Bruges in Belgium in 1959.
