SS Cambridge (1919)

SS Cambridge was a Design 1023 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

History

She was laid down at yard number 57 at the Newark, New Jersey shipyard of the Submarine Boat Corporation, one of 132 Design 1023 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board. She was launched on 30 June 1919, completed in August 1919, and named the Cambridge. Total cost was $1,044,313. In 1925, she was broken up by the Ford Motor Company who purchased 200 vessels from the Shipping Board for $1,706,000 and used the steel to make cars.