SS Samland

SS Samland

Belgic at Outer Harbor
History
Name	Mississippi (1902–06) Samland (1906–11, 1913–31) Belgic (1911–13)
Owner	Atlantic Transport Line (1902–06) Red Star Line (1906–11, 1913–31) White Star Line (1911–13)
Operator	Atlantic Transport Line (1902–06, 1914–16) Red Star Line (1906–11, 1913–14, 1919–31) White Star Line (1911–13) Belgian Relief (1916–19)
Ordered	1901
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Cost	$729,000
Yard number	8
Laid down	January 2, 1902
Launched	December 15, 1902
Acquired	April 9, 1903 (ATL) July 7, 1906 (RSL) August 30, 1911 (WSL) December 1913 (RSL)
Maiden voyage	April 16, 1903
Homeport	Baltimore (1902–06) New York City (1906–10) Antwerp (1910–11, 1913–14, 1919–31) Liverpool (1911–13) London (1914–19)
Identification	Code letters: KSHG
Fate	Scrapped in Italy, 1931
General characteristics
Type	Steam cargo ship
Tonnage	9,710 or 9,748 gross register tons
Length	490 ft 5 in (149.5 m)
Beam	50 ft 3 in (15.3 m) or 58 ft 2 in (17.7 m)
Height	39 ft 5 in (12.0 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	2 double ended and 2 single ended boilers; 18 corrugated furnaces; triple expansion engines
Propulsion	Twin screws
Speed	14 kn (25.9 km/h; 16.1 mph)
Capacity	1,900 passengers

SS Samland was an American-built cargo ship. Built in 1902 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, New Jersey, the ship was owned and operated by the Atlantic Transport Line under the name SS Mississippi until 1906; that year, she was transferred to the Red Star Line and renamed Samland. She was briefly transferred to the White Star Line in 1911 and renamed SS Belgic until she returned to the Red Star Line in 1913 and resumed the name Samland. The ship served with the Red Star Line until 1931 when she was broken up in Italy.