SS Grosser Kurfürst
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The SS Grosser Kurfürst
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| Name: | SS Grosser Kurfürst (or Großer Kurfürst) |
| Owner: | North German Lloyd |
| Route: | Bremen–New York City |
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| Launched: | 2 December 1899 |
| Maiden voyage: | 1899, to Asiatic and Australian ports |
| In service: | 1899 |
| Out of service: | 1914 |
| Fate: | interned by the United States, 1914; seized, 1917 |
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| Name: | USS Grosser Kurfurst (ID-3005) |
| Acquired: | 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 4 August 1917 |
| Renamed: | USS Aeolus (ID-3005), 1 September 1917 |
| Namesake: | Aeolus, god of wind in Greek mythology |
| Decommissioned: | 22 September 1919 |
| Struck: | 22 September 1919 |
| Fate: | turned over to USSB |
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| Name: | SS Aeolus |
| Owner: | USSB |
| Operator: | Munson Line |
| Route: | New York–South America |
| Acquired: | 1919 |
| In service: | 1919 |
| Out of service: | August 1922 |
| Fate: | assigned to Los Angeles Steamship Co. |
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| Name: | SS City of Los Angeles |
| Owner: | USSB |
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 Los Angeles Steamship Co.
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| Route: | Los Angeles–Honolulu |
| Acquired: | August 1922 |
| Maiden voyage: | 11 September 1922, Los Angeles to Honolulu, Hawaii |
| In service: | 1922 |
| Out of service: | 1937 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping in Japan, 1937 |
| General characteristics as USS Aeolus | |
| Displacement: | 20,000 tons |
| Length: | 580 ft 10.625 in (177.05388 m) |
| Beam: | 62 ft 3 in (18.97 m) |
| Draft: | 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steamship |
| Speed: | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
| Complement: | 513 |
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USS Aeolus (ID-3005), sometimes also spelled Æolus, was a United States Navy transport ship during World War I. She was formerly the North German Lloyd liner SS Grosser Kurfürst, also spelled Großer Kurfürst, launched in 1899 that sailed regularly between Bremen and New York. At the outset of World War I the ship was interned by the United States and, when that country entered the conflict in 1917, was seized and converted to a troop transport.
Originally commissioned as USS Grosser Kurfürst, the ship was renamed Aeolus — after the god of wind in Greek mythology — while undergoing repairs and conversion at a U.S. Navy yard. The ship carried almost 25,000 men to France during the hostilities, and returned over 27,000 healthy and wounded men after the Armistice.
After decommissioning by the U.S. Navy, the ship was turned over to the United States Shipping Board and underwent a $3,000,000 refit in Baltimore, Maryland, and was transferred to the Munson Steamship Company for whom she carried passengers and freight to and from South American ports as SS Aeolus. In 1922 the ship was assigned to the Los Angeles Steamship Co. and renamed SS City of Los Angeles and sailed to and from Los Angeles and Honolulu. In 1937, the ship was sold for scrapping in Japan.
SS Grosser Kurfürst was a steel-hulled, twin-screw, passenger-and-cargo steamship launched on 2 December 1899 at Danzig, Germany (now Gdańsk, Poland), by the shipbuilding firm of F. Schichau for the North German Lloyd. The liner boasted "enormous carrying capacity" and "excellent passenger accommodation" for all classes from first to steerage. She made her maiden voyage to Asiatic and Australian ports before commencing regularly scheduled voyages in spring 1900 between Bremen and New York City; these lasted until summer 1914. In winter seasons she did eight more tours to Australia on the German Empire mail route. Her last start to Australia was 7 January 1912. Over these years she was the biggest ship sailing to Australia. At this time she made some cruises for U.S. tourists.
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