Minnewaska
Ship Number
613
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
1
Launch Date
March 22, 1923
Delivered
August 25, 1923
Owner
Atlantic Transport Co.
Weight
21716 grt
BP Length
600 feet
Breadth
80 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
16 knots
Propulsion
4 single reduction geared Brown Curtiss steam turbine engines of 15,000 h.p. 12 boilers, 60 burners for fuel oil; steam pressure 220 lbs.
Official No.
145433
Registered
Belfast
Fate
Scrapped
Minnewaska

Atlantic Transport Line's fourth Minnewaska, she made her maiden voyage from London to New York on 1st September 1923. Although she had accommodations for 369 first class passengers, she was primarily a cargo carrier; the largest afloat at 21,716 tons.
 
ATL's business was severely affected by the Depression and by 1932 all of its ships were either laid up or disposed of. Minnewaska earned the sad distinction of being the last ship to carry ATL's colours before being transferred to Red Star.
 
She made her first Red Star voyage, Antwerp-New York, on 13 May 1932, but Autumn of 1933, she was no longer needed by Red Star, either. Her last Atlantic crossing was in September 1933, and she was scrapped in 1934.
 
Minnewaska and her sister Minnetonka were in service barely ten years, among the shortest careers of any major Atlantic liner.