WADE HAMPTON
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
Delta Ship Building Company
General Type
Not Assigned
Specific Type
Not Assigned
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
4380.00 tons
Gross Tons
7176.00 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 Wade Hampton (1818-1902). Wade
Hampton III was a Confederate Army general and politician from South Carolina.
Hampton served as Governor of South Carolina from 1876-1879, and U.S. Senator
from South Carolina from 1879-1891.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Wade Hampton at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
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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
Mississippi Shipping Company
Operator
War Shipping Administration
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
February 28, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-405 while en route from New York, New York, to Murmansk, Russia, via United Kingdom as part of Convoy HX-227.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
North Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
59° 55' N., 35° 55' W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 250 miles east of Cape Farewell, Greenland
Lives Lost
8
