Antique Room Key S S Washington Luxury Liner Room Key

  SS Washington With The United States Lines Livery Colors. History United States Ordered: 24 May 1930 Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden Laid down: 20 January 1931 Launched: 20 August 1932 Commissioned: 16 June 1931 Decommissioned: 18 January 1946 In service: 1934-1940, 1947-1957 Out of service: 1957 Refit: 1947, 1955 Struck: 1962 Homeport: New York, New York Nickname(s): "President Washington's Ship" Fate: scrapped 1965 (Kearny, NJ) Status: scrapped Notes: Flagship from 1934-1940 General characteristics Class and type: America Class Tonnage: 24,289 GRT Length: 705 ft 3 in (214.96 m) Beam: 86 ft 0 in (26.21 m) Decks: 8 Propulsion: B&W boilers, Parsons steam turbines (30,000 shaft HP) - twin screw Speed: 20.5 knots Crew: 565 Armament: (as Mount Vernon) four 5" guns, four 3" guns SS Washington was a 24,189-ton luxury liner of the United States Lines, named after the US capital city.  A very rare antique key