OLIVER ELLSWORTH


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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

OLIVER ELLSWORTH

Mission

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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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