SAMUEL GOMPERS
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
California Shipbuilding Corporation
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
4382.00 tons
Gross Tons
7216.00 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 Samuel Gompers (1850-1924).
Samuel Gompers was an American labor union leader. Gompers founded the American
Federation of Labor and served as its president from 1886-1894 and from
1895-1924.
MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Samuel Gompers 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Historical Documents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
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
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Entry
| 12/5/1947 | |
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Acquisition
| 12/5/1947 | |
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Disposition
| 5/1/1960 | CUST 1947 NDRF 1947 |
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Withdrawl
| 5/1/1960 |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
War Shipping Administration
Operator
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
January 30, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-10 while en route from Noumea, New Caledonia, to Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
South Pacific
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2
Lat/Long
24° 28' S., 166° 20' E.
Incident Location Comments
South of New Caledonia
Lives Lost
4
