SS Minnewaska
SS Minnewaska may refer to:
- SS Minnewaska (1894), was built by Harland and Wolff as the Persia for the Hamburg America Line's service to New York. She was bought by the Atlantic Transport Line in 1897 and promptly renamed Minnewaska. She was one of six Atlantic Transport Line ships requisitioned by the U. S. Government for service as transports during the Spanish–American War, purchased on July 26, 1898 for $660,000. She was renamed USAT Thomas after General George Henry Thomas, a hero of the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga. She was the last of the more than 50 transports acquired by the U.S. Government in 1898 to remain in service, eventually being sold for scrap in July 1928.
- SS Minnewaska (1908), an ocean liner for the Atlantic Transport Line built by Harland and Wolff; damaged by a mine from German submarine UC-23 on 29 November 1916 while serving as a troopship; ship was beached but a total loss
- SS Minnewaska (1923), an ocean liner for the Atlantic Transport Line and the Red Star Line; scrapped in 1933
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