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On January 24th, 1912 while moored in Honolulu, Hawaii there was a collision between the Colorado and the 16,960-ton German Passenger ship SS Cleveland owned and operated by the Hamburg-Amerika Line. The collision occurred as the Cleveland was being moved into her berth and was under command of the harbour pilot Milton P. Sanders at the time of the accident. As the Cleveland was heading to her berth Sanders dropped dead at the wheel on the bridge, likely of a heart attack and in the confusion on the bridge of the Cleveland she continued and went off course and hit the moored Colorado. The Cleveland struck the Colorado’s stern and loosened several of the Colorado’s armor plates as well as jamming the after 8-inch turret near Captain William A. Gill’s cabin on the Colorado. The Colorado was moved to the dry-dock for repairs and the Navy did not demand reparations for the damage inflicted on the Colorado. The Cleveland was seized by the U.S. Government in 1919 as part of war reparations from Germany and renamed the USS Mobile. The SS Cleveland was built in 1909 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany and was the sister ship to the SS Cincinnati which was also seized by the US Navy during WWI and renamed the USS Covington. The Cleveland was scrapped in 1933.

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Sean

hello Sean,
thanks for the update.i have been reading and rereading your instalments to gain info on this era.
thanks again.
cheers,
Bruce

Ahoy Bruce

My pleasure - I am glad someone is enjoying them as much as I am enjoying putting them together.

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Sean