SS America

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ocean liner
gptkbp:built 1939
gptkbp:cancellationReason transatlantic service in 1964
gptkbp:capacity 1,200 passengers
1,000 troops
gptkbp:cultural_impact featured in films and literature
gptkbp:defeated no
gptkbp:design gptkb:William_Francis_Gibbs
gptkbp:fate scrapped in 1974
gptkbp:firstMatch 1940
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 12 decks
gptkbp:historical_significance one of the first modern ocean liners
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS America
gptkbp:launched 1939
gptkbp:length 804 feet
gptkbp:nickname The Big U
gptkbp:notable_event transported_troops_during_WWII
gptkbp:notable_feature art deco interiors
gptkbp:notableWinners gptkb:Harry_Truman
gptkb:Barbara_Bush
gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Bob_Hope
gptkb:George_H.W._Bush
gptkb:Bing_Crosby
gptkb:Donald_Trump
gptkb:Elizabeth_Taylor
gptkb:Lucille_Ball
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
gptkb:Marilyn_Monroe
gptkb:Jackie_Kennedy
Charles Lindbergh
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:American_Export_Lines
gptkbp:owner gptkb:American_Export_Lines
gptkbp:passengerCapacity First class
Tourist class
Cabin_class
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbine
gptkbp:registration gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:renovated 1950s
gptkbp:route New_York_to_Europe
gptkbp:safetyFeatures generally safe
gptkbp:servedIn hospital ship
gptkbp:services transatlantic passenger service
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:SS_Independence
1940
1964
gptkbp:speed 22 knots
gptkbp:tourism scrapyard_in_Taiwan
gptkbp:weight 22,000 GT