PAUL HAMILTON
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
4375.00 tons
Gross Tons
7177.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499673.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named for Paul Hamilton (1762-1816). Paul Hamilton was a soldier, planter, and politician. Hamilton served as the Governor of South Carolina from 1804-1806, and as the U.S. Secretary of the Navy from 1809-1813.
MARAD has no written
history for the Liberty ship Paul Hamilton at
this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
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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
War Shipping Administration
Operator
Black Diamond Steamship Company
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
April 20, 1944
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German airplanes while en route from Norfolk, Virginia, to Bizerte, (Tunisia), as part of Convoy UGS-38.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Mediterranean Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
36° 55' N., 03° 54' E.
Incident Location Comments
Off the Algerian Coast
Lives Lost
580
