SAMUEL JORDAN KIRKWOOD
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
Delta Ship Building Company
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
4360.00 tons
Gross Tons
7191.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499573.00 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 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood
(1813-1894). Samuel Jordan Kirkwood was a teacher and politician. Kirkwood
served as Governor of Iowa from 1860-1864 and again from 1876-1877, U.S.
Senator from Iowa from 1877-1881, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior from
1881-1882.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Samuel Jordan Kirkwood 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Historical Documents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
War Shipping Administration
Operator
A.H. Bull & Company
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
May 06, 1943
Use at Loss
Vessel Movement
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-195 while en route from Cape Town, South Africa, to Bahia, Brazil.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
South Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
15° S., 07° W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 125 miles southeast of Ascension Island
Lives Lost
0
