. . . "--02-25"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "*1942\u2013USAT George S. Simonds"@en . . "April 1915."@en . . . "Great Northern Railway"@en . . . . . . . "42.596"^^ . . . . "1914-07-07"^^ . "*1915\u2013Great Northern"@en . . . "1913-09-22"^^ . . . . . . . "19192"^^ . . . . . "*1915\u2013Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company\n*1917\u2013U.S. Navy\n*1919\u2013U.S. Army\n*1921\u2013U.S. Navy\n*1922\u2013Pacific Steamship Company\n*1942\u2013U.S. Army"@en . "United States"@en . . . . "Great Northern was a passenger ship built at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons under supervision of the Great Northern Pacific Steam Ship Company for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, itself a joint venture of the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. Great Northern, along with sister ship Northern Pacific, were built to provide a passenger and freight link by sea between the northern transcontinental rail lines via the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway terminal at Astoria, Oregon and San Francisco beginning in spring of 1915."@en . . . . "*1921\u2013USS Great Northern (AG-9)"@en . . . "8255"^^ . . . . . . . "Sold to Boston Metals Company on 25 February 1948" . . . "1121240807"^^ . . "1914-07-07"^^ . . . "4"^^ . . . . . . "559"^^ . "19.2024"^^ . . . . . . . . . "1946-03-05"^^ . "SS Great Northern (1914)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "--03-05"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "Great Northern was a passenger ship built at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons under supervision of the Great Northern Pacific Steam Ship Company for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company, itself a joint venture of the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway. Great Northern, along with sister ship Northern Pacific, were built to provide a passenger and freight link by sea between the northern transcontinental rail lines via the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway terminal at Astoria, Oregon and San Francisco beginning in spring of 1915. The ship was acquired for military service in September 1917 and served as USS Great Northern (AG-9), USAT Great Northern and USS Columbia before returning to commercial Pacific Coast service as H. F. Alexander. In 1942 the ship was acquired by the War Shipping Administration and again became an Army transport, USAT George S. Simonds. After layup in the reserve fleet 5 March 1946 the ship was sold to Boston Metals Company on 25 February 1948 for scrapping."@en . . . . . . . . . "*1919\u2013USAT Great Northern"@en . . . . "6.4008"^^ . . "April 1915"@en . "*1917\u2013USS Great Northern (ID-4569)"@en . . . "*1915\u2013Great Northern\n*1917\u2013USS Great Northern \n*1919\u2013USAT Great Northern\n*1921\u2013USS Great Northern \n*1921\u2013USS Columbia \n*1922\u2013H. F. Alexander\n*1942\u2013USAT George S. Simonds"@en . . . . . . . "*1922\u2013H. F. Alexander"@en . . . . "13237462"^^ . . "155143.2"^^ . . . . "407"^^ . "1913-04-26"^^ . "*1921\u2013USS Columbia (AG-9)"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1913-09-22"^^ . . . . . "155.1432"^^ . .