El Dia, a 7620-ton steamship, was one of a series of passenger-cargo ships built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, for the Southern Pacific Company. Launched in May 1901, she was delivered four months later and began a career of merchant service between New York, New Orleans and Galveston that lasted until 1917, when she was taken over by the Navy for World War I service. Converted to a minelayer, she served as USS Roanoke (ID # 1695) until 1919, when she was returned to her owners.
This page features our only view of the passenger-cargo ship El Dia.
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15 January 2001