Construction
Iowa was a steel-hulled, twin-screw passenger steamship built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. She was yard number 349 and was launched on 5 July 1902. Completion was on 11 November 1902. Iowa was 500 ft 5 in (152.53 m) long, with a beam of 58 ft 3 in (17.75 m) and a depth of34 ft (10 m). She was powered by a 814 hp (607 kW) 6-cylinder triple expansion steam engine which had paired cylinders of 23.5 in (60 cm), 39 in (99 cm) and 66 in (170 cm) diameter by 48 in (120 cm) stroke, giving her a speed of 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h).
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