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| History | |
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| Name | SS Aconcagua |
| Completed | 1938 |
| In service | 1938 |
| Fate | unknown not to be confused with earlier namesake renamed Khedive Ismail |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger Liner |
| Tonnage | 7,279 tons |
| Length | 440 feet |
| Depth | 12 feet 7½ inches |
| Speed | 16 knots |
Remarks
Built for a Chilean company, the South American Steamship Company, and used on the New York to Chile route via the Panama Canal. Along with her sister ships the Copiapo and Imperial, Aconcagua was taken over by the US government in 1943 and used as a troopship.