THOMAS T. TUCKER
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
Houston Shipbuilding Corporation
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
4375.00 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
CTL - Ran Aground
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named
for Thomas T. Tucker (1745-1828).
Thomas Tudor Tucker was a physician and politician. Tucker was a South Carolina
delegate to the Continental Congress, a Member of the U.S. House of
Representatives from South Carolina from 1789-1793, and Treasurer of the U.S.
from 1801-1828.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Thomas T. Tucker at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
No documents for this vessel
Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
No documents for this vessel
Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
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Operator
Merchants & Miners
Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
November 28, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
CTL - Ran Aground
Cause Comments
Ran aground in dense fog while en route from New Orleans, Louisiana to Suez, Egypt.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
South Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2
Lat/Long
34° 16' S., 18° 23' E.
Incident Location Comments
Olifant's Point, apporximately 54 miles from Capetown, South Africa
Lives Lost
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