SS Wilson is a steam-powered general cargo ship owned by the American company Sealift Incorporated.[1] The ship's keel was laid in 1968, and it was delivered in 1969.[1] Registered under the US flag, its port of registry is Dover, Delaware.[1] The ship was known as Hong Kong Mail until 1978, then President Wilson until 1987, and Sue Lykes until 1995.[1] Its IMO number is 6909911 and its call sign is WNPD.[1] She was classed as a Type C5 class ship, type C5-S-75a. SS Wilson and other C5-S-75a ships were built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company at Newport News, Virginia for the American Mail Line Ltd. of Seattle, Washington. C5-S-75a ships were built as break bulk cargo or Container ship, with 21,600 shp at 15,950 tons and a max speed of 21.0 knots. Theses were the largest general cargo liners at its time in 1969.[2]

Sister ships

The SS Wilson had four sister ships. Her sister ship are:

Hong Kong Mail built 1968, renamed SS Wilson in 1978, scrapped June of 2008.

Alaskan Mail 1968, renamed SS Cape Girardeau 1978, then SS Cape Girardeau (T-AK 2039) in 1988. National Defense Reserve Fleet since October of 2008 [3]

Indian Mail renamed SS Cape Gibson (AK-5051), National Defense Reserve Fleet since August 2016

Korean Mail built 1969, scrapped 1995.

American Mail (1969) later renamed SS Cleveland, scrapped 2009