SAMUEL HEINTZELMAN
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
California Shipbuilding Corporation
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
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Beam
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Mast Height
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Net Tons
4380.00 tons
Gross Tons
7176.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499573.00 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 Samuel Heintzelman (1805-1880).
Samuel Heintzelman was a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican-American War, Yuma
War, and Cortina Troubles, and a major general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Samuel Heintzelman at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
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Status Cards
Documents
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
War Shipping Administration
Operator
Coastwise (Pacific Far East) Line
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
July 01, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-511 while en route from Freemantle, Australia, to Calcutta, (India), via Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and Karachi, (India).
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Indian Ocean
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2
Lat/Long
09° S., 81° E.
Incident Location Comments
Indian Ocean, southeast of Maldives
Lives Lost
75
