USS Blue Ridge (ID-2432)

USS Blue Ridge (ID-2432)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Blue Ridge.

S.S. Virginia (American Great Lakes Passenger Liner, 1891) At Muskegon, Michigan, prior to World War I. Color-tinted post card published by the E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The original card was postmarked at Muskegon on 28 August 1916. This ship served as USS Blue Ridge (ID # 2432) in 1918-1919.
Career
Name:	USS Blue Ridge
Builder:	Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio
Launched:	1891
Acquired:	by purchase, 19 April 1918
Commissioned:	17 October 1918
Renamed:	Avalon, 18 August 1919
Fate:	Sold, 21 August 1919 Destroyed by fire, 18 July 1960
General characteristics
Type:	Steamship
Displacement:	1,606 long tons (1,632 t)
Length:	269 ft 2 in (82.04 m)
Beam:	38 ft 3 in (11.66 m)
Draft:	12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Speed:	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement:	87 officers and enlisted

The first USS Blue Ridge (ID-2432) was a steamship in the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Blue Ridge Mountains.