SS President Wilson

History
United States
Name	SS President Wilson
Namesake	Woodrow Wilson
Operator	United States Maritime Commission (originally planned) American President Lines (1948-1970) Oceanic Cruise Development (1973-1984)
Route	Trans-Pacific
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, California
Yard number	9510
Laid down	November 27, 1944
Launched	November 24, 1947
Sponsored by	Mrs. E. Russell Lutz
Completed	April 27, 1948
In service	until 1961
Renamed	Oriental Empress
Identification	IMO number: 5284118 Official number: 255039
Fate	Scrapped, 1984
General characteristics [1]
Tonnage	15,359 GRT 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 m3) cargo
Notes	sister ship: SS President Cleveland

SS President Wilson was an American passenger ship originally ordered by the United States Maritime Commission during World War II, as one of the Admiral W. S. Benson-class Type P2-SE2-R1 transport ships, and intended to be named USS Admiral F.B. Upham (AP-129), but she was launched just after the war ended. in 1948, The ship was put into service for the American President Lines. The ship remained in service for the shipping company until 1973. She was sold to Oceanic Cruise Development before eventually, scrapped at Kaohsiung.