WACOSTA
Year Built
1920
Official Number
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Shipyard
Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
USSB 1025
Ship Length
401.00 feet
Beam
54.00 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
3335.00 tons
Gross Tons
5432.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
420641.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Milestones
| No events for this vessel |
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
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| (No Date) | WACOSTA.pdf |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
U.S. Maritime Commission
Operator
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
September 13, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Bombed by German aircraft while en route from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Archangel, Russia, as part of Convoy PQ-18.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Greenland Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
76° 05' N., 06° 10' E.
Incident Location Comments
West of North Cape, Norway
Lives Lost
0
