WALTER Q. GRESHAM
Year Built
1943
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
4380.00 tons
Gross Tons
7176.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499573.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named
for Walter Q. Gresham (1832-1895).
Walter Quintin Gresham was a soldier and statesman. Gresham was a major general
in the Union Army during the Civil War. Gresham served as U.S. Postmaster
General from 1883-1884, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in 1884, and U.S.
Secretary of State from 1893-1895.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Walter Q. Gresham 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
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Standard Fruit & Steamship Company
Operator
War Shipping Administration
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
March 18, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-221 while en route from New York, New York, to Clyde River, Scotland, United Kingdom, as part of Convoy HX-229.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
North Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
53° 39' N., 27° 53' W.
Incident Location Comments
Southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland
Lives Lost
28
