USAT Cuba

USAT Cuba was the passenger ship Cuba of the Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company[note 1] built by William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia in 1920 and placed into operation in 1921 for scheduled passenger and freight service between Tampa, Key West and Havana.[1][2]

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USAT Cuba
History
United States
Name	Cuba
Namesake	Cuba
Owner	Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company
Route	Commercial: Tampa, Key West, Havana
Builder	William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company
Launched	11 December 1920
Completed	1921
Homeport	New Haven, Connecticut (Commercial)
Identification	Official Number: 221220 Signal letters: MCRW 1921 KDBT 1941
Fate	Scrapped in 1962
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,479 GRT
Length	325 ft (99.1 m) over all 325 ft (99.1 m) registry
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.4 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m)
Depth	18 ft (5.5 m)
Speed	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) Original, commercial 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) Army
Range	3,500 nmi (4,000 mi; 6,500 km)
Capacity	520 passengers (commercial) 596 passengers (Army transport)
Crew	54
Armament	[citation needed] 1 x 5"/51 caliber gun mount 2 × 3"/50 caliber gun mounts 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA gun mounts

The ship maintained regular service over twenty years until delivered to the United States War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 19 February 1942. It was operated by the line under a standard WSA agreement until placed under bareboat charter to the Army for operation as USAT Cuba until returned to WSA and again briefly operated by Peninsular & Occidental for WSA 31 July 1946 through 20 December 1946 when returned to the company. The ship was sold to an Italian company in June 1947 to be renamed Pace and then Sassari until scrapped in 1962.