ROSARIO


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Year Built
1920
Official Number
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Shipyard
Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division
General Type
Not Assigned
Specific Type
Not Assigned
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
376.00 feet
Beam
522.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
2871.00 tons
Gross Tons
4659.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
388703.00 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

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ROSARIO

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Vessel Information
Owner
A.H. Bull & Company

Operator
A.H. Bull & Company

Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement

Flag State
United States

Incident Information
Incident Date
February 21, 1943

Use at Loss
Vessel Movement

Cause
Sunk - Torpedo

Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-664 while en route from Avonmouth, England, United Kingdom, to New York, New York, as part of Convoy ONS-167.

Conflict
World War II

Location of Incident
North Atlantic

Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1

Lat/Long
50° 13' N., 24° 48' W.

Incident Location Comments
Approximately 550 miles west of Fastnet, Ireland

Lives Lost
33