WILLIAM C. GORGAS
Year Built
1943
Official Number
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Shipyard
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
4376.00 tons
Gross Tons
7197.00 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 William C. Gorgas (1854-1920).
William Crawford Gorgas was a sanitation engineer. Gorgas war instrumental in
reducing yellow fever and malaria at the Panama Canal during its construction.
Gorgas served as Surgeon General of the U.S. Army from 1914-1918.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship William C. Gorgas at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
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Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
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Sunk
| 3/11/1943 | Vessel torpedoed and sunk. |
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
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
March 10, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarines U-757 while en route from New York, New York, to Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, as part of Convoy HX-228.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
North Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
51° 35' N., 28° 30' W.
Incident Location Comments
North Atlantic Ocean
Lives Lost
10
