President Warfield (1928)

Name/Title

President Warfield (1928)

Entry/Object ID

2017.2.026

Description

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.