Rigged Model Passenger Liner <i>Uruguay</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
label: used date
content: 1928-1964
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents the twin-screw turbo-electric steamer S. S. <i>California</i> built to 1/8" scale. It has two stacks, a black hull, red bottom paint, and white superstructure. The steamship <i>California</i> was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, in Virginia, for the Panama Pacific Line. At her launching in 1928, the California was the largest America-built liner and the world's largest commercial vessel with electric propulsion. The <i>California</i> was built especially for service through the Panama Canal on the run between New York and San Francisco, with stops at intermediate ports. With a speed of 21-3/4 miles an hour, the <i>California</i> was advertised to reach California in 13 days, two days faster than usual. In 1937 the vessel was sold to the United States Maritime Commission and rebuilt for service between the U.S. and South America. Renamed <i>Uruguay</i>, the ship ran between New York and Buenos Aires until 1942 when it was converted to a troop transport for the War Shipping Administration. After the war the Uruguay returned to service and in 1964 was broken up in New Jersey. This model was given to the Smithsonian in 1952.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
label: Associated Place
content: United States: California
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Virginia
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of United State Lines Company, New York, New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.314251
label: catalog number
content: 314251
label: accession number
content: 196508
objectType: label: Object Name
content: S.S. California
label: Object Name
content: uruguay
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 10 1/2 in x 75 in; 60.96 cm x 26.67 cm x 190.5 cm