OLIVER ELLSWORTH
Year Built
9999
Official Number
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Shipyard
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
4389.00 tons
Gross Tons
7191.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499816.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named for Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807). Oliver Ellsworth was a lawyer and politician. Ellsworth was a Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress, a U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1789-1796, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1796-1800.
MARAD has no written
history for the Liberty ship Oliver Ellsworth at
this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Agwilines Inc.
Operator
War Shipping Administration
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
September 13, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-408 while en route from New York, New York, to Archangel, Russia, as part of Convoy PQ-18.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Greenland Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2
Lat/Long
75° 52' N., 07° 55' E.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 100 miles southwest of Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Lives Lost
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