USS Zeilin (APA-3)
USS Zeilin (APA-3) in San Francisco Bay, late 1945.
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| Name: | Zeilin |
| Namesake: | Brigadier General Jacob Zeilin, USMC |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down: | 1920 |
| Launched: | 11 December 1920 |
| Acquired: | July 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 3 January 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 April 1946 |
| Struck: | 5 June 1946 |
| Nickname(s): | "The Mighty Z" |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Harris-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 21,350 long tons (21,693 t) |
| Length: | 535 ft 2 in (163.12 m) |
| Beam: | 72 ft 6 in (22.10 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft 3 in (9.53 m) (mean) |
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| Speed: | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
| Capacity: | 190,000 cu. ft., 2,000 t |
| Troops: | 121 Officers and 1558 Enlisted |
| Complement: | 29 Officers, 638 Enlisted |
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USS Zeilin (APA-3) was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship launched for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) on 19 March 1921 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia as Silver State. After operation by commercial lines for the USSB, during which the ship was renamed President Jackson, the ship was purchased and operated commercially until laid up in the late 1930s.
U.S. Navy during World War II acquired the ship in July 1940 and classified the ship as a transport, hull number AP-9. On 3 January 1942 the ship commissioned as USS Zeilin. On 26 November 1942 Zeilin was reclassified to Harris-class attack transport, hull number APA-3. Zeilin served throughout the war and decommissioned 19 April 1946 at Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship was delivered for scrapping on 4 May 1948.
Silver State was constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Newport News, Virginia for delivery to the United States Shipping Board as an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 combination passenger and cargo ship. The design was a modification of a World War I troop transport design upon the end of the war. Commercially the ships were known as "535's" due to their length overall of 535 ft (163 m).
The ship has accommodations for 280 first class passengers and 194 third class.
Silver State operated between Seattle, Washington, and the Far East with the Admiral Orient Line a subsidiary of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. On 23 June 1922 the SS Silver State was renamed the SS President Jackson when the ship was purchased by the Dollar Line owned by Robert Dollar. In 1938 the SS President Jackson was transferred to the American President Lines.
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