AFOUNDRIA
Year Built
1919
Official Number
--
Shipyard
American International Shipbuilding
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
USSB 1022
Ship Length
390.00 feet
Beam
54.00 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
--
Gross Tons
5010.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
--
Draft, Summer
28.00 tons
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Mission
| Mission Name |
|---|
| World War II |
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
|---|---|
| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
|
Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
|
Sunk
| 5/5/1942 | Vessel torpedoed and sunk. |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (No Date) | AFOUNDRIA-1.pdf |
|
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
|
Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Operator
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
May 05, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-108 while en route from New Orleans, Louisiana, to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Caribbean Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
19° 59' N., 73° 26' W.
Incident Location Comments
8 miles north of Le Male Lighthouse, Haiti
Lives Lost
0
