Name USS Alameda (proposed) Port of registry New York (by 1930) Acquired Never Displacement 4.536 million kg | Namesake Previous name retained Completed 1883 Weight 5,080 tons Builder William Cramp & Sons | |
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Owner Oceanic Steamship Co (1883–1910)
Alaska Steamship Co (1910–31) | ||
Note: This ship should not be confused with the motorboat Alameda, considered for World War I service as USS Alameda (SP-1040), but also never acquired or commissioned.
USS Alameda (ID-1432) was the proposed designation for a steamship that never actually served in the United States Navy.
Alameda was an iron-hulled passenger liner built in 1883 by the William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia for the Oceanic Steamship Co. The Alaska Steamship Company bought her in 1910.
After the USA entered World War I in 1917, the US Navy's 13th Naval District inspected her for possible naval service, and she was registered accordingly with the Naval Registry Identification Number (ID. No.) 1432. However, the Navy appears never to have acquired or commissioned her.
Alameda remained in commercial use until she caught fire at a pier in Seattle on 28 November 1931. She was subsequently scrapped.