CITY OF BALTIMORE

Year Built

1919

Official Number

217921

Shipyard

Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division

General Type

General Cargo

Specific Type

Combination Passenger

MARAD Type

USSB 1032

Ship Length

507.00 feet

Beam

56.00 feet

Mast Height

Net Tons

5147.00 tons

Gross Tons

8378.00 tons

Cargo Capacity

Draft, Summer

Draft, Lightweight

25.50 tons

Displacement, Summer

Displacement, Lightweight

Immersion, Summer

Immersion, Lightweight

Fate

Transferred - Foreign

Historical Narrative

There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.

Vessel Name History

1919 - 1931: Steadfast
1931 - 1940: City of Baltimore
1940 - 1946: Heywood (AP-14/APA-6)
1946 - 1957: City of Baltimore

Vessel Name History

CITY OF BALTIMORE

HEYWOOD (AP-14/APA-6)

Mission

Mission Name
World War II

Historical Documents

Name	Download

Milestones

Event	Date	Content
Acquisition	10/26/1940	Vessel was purchased from Baltimore Mail Steamship Co. to become a U.S. Navy troop transport
Vessel Name Change	10/26/1940	Vessel name changed from CITY OF BALTIMORE to HEYWOOD (AP-14)
Vessel Name Change	7/2/1946	Vessel name reverted to CITY OF BALTIMORE from HEYWOOD (APA-6)
Entry	7/2/1946	Vessel was returned by the U.S. Navy to the U.S. Maritime Commission and laid up in the Lee Hall, Virginia, reserve fleet (now the James River Reserve Fleet)
Sale	3/29/1957	Vessel sold to Bethlehem Steel Corporation to be scrapped.
Withdrawal	5/8/1957	Vessel withdrawn from James River Reserve Fleet upon scrap sale.

Ship Imagery

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Status Cards

Documents

	Date	Type	Name	Download
	(No Date)		CITY OF BALTIMORE.pdf

Plans

No documents for this vessel

Shipwreck Information

Vessel Information

Owner

Operator

Operator Agreement

Unknown

Flag State

Incident Information

Incident Date

Use at Loss

Cause

Transferred - Foreign

Cause Comments

Conflict

Location of Incident

Accuracy of Incident Location

Lat/Long

Incident Location Comments

Lives Lost