Namesake: Humbert I, Count of Savoy

Operator: 1925-1932: Lloyd Sabaudo
                      1932-1936: Italian Line
                      1936-1940: Lloyd Triestino
                      1940-1941: Italian Line

Port of registry: Genoa, Italy

Builder: William Beardmore & Co. of Glasgow, Scotland

Launched: April 23, 1925

Maiden voyage: 20 November, 1925

Seized: The United States seized the Conte Biancamano in December 1941

U.S. Navy Career:

Name: USS Hermitage (AP-54)

Christened: 1942

Completed: 1942

Commissioned: 14 August 1942

Decommissioned: 20 August 1946

Returned:  Returned to the Italian Line in 1947

Career after return to Italia:  

Name: SS Conte Biancamano

Operator: 1947-1960: Italian Line

Port of registry: Genoa, Italy

Builder: Shipyards of Monfalcone

Completed: 1948

Out of service: 26 March 1960

Fate: The bridge, some first-class cabins and the large hall of the festivities were dismantled and reassembled at the National Museum of Science and Technology named Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, Italy.

Status: Museum General characteristics

Type: 1925-1941:Ocean liner
             1941-1947: Troop transport
             1947-present: Ocean liner

Tonnage: 1925-1947: 23,562 gross
                     1947-1960: 24,416 gross

Length: 203.56 m

Beam: 23.24 m

Height: 8.36 m

Propulsion: steam turbines double reduction unit and two propellers

Speed: 20 knots

Capacity: 180 1st class, 220 2nd class, 390 2nd class (economy), 2660 3rd class