Name/Title
President Warfield (1928)Entry/Object ID
2017.2.026Description
Year Built: 1928
Built By: Pusey & Jones
Built At: Wilmington, DE
Built For: Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Official Number: 227753
Length: 320.0 feet
Beam: 56.5 feet
Depth of Hold: 16.9 feet
Gross Tons: 1,814 gross, 706 net
Propulsion: Propeller
Hull: Steel
Engine: 2,800 hp
Route: Baltimore to Norfolk
Later Name: EXODUS 1947
Comments: Transferred in 1930 to the Eastern Steamship Line for New York to Boston service. Chartered to the Colonial Line in Boston in 1931. Requisitioned for World War II on July 12, 1942 and transferred to Britain under the lend-lease program. Returned to the Navy and sold to the Potomac Shipwrecking Company in 1946. Sold to Weston Trading Company in 1946 and transferred to Honduran registry. Renamed as Exodus in 1947.
Disposition: Burned on 26 August 1952.