ALCOA CARRIER


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Year Built
1919
Official Number
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Shipyard
Newburgh Shipyard
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
USSB 1025
Ship Length
400.00 feet
Beam
54.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
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Gross Tons
5588.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
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Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo

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Vessel Name History

ALCOA CARRIER

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Milestones


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Sunk
5/26/1942 Torpedoed and shelled by German submarine U-103 while en-route from Mobile, AL to Kingston, Jamaica

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Vessel Information
Owner
Alcoa Steamship Company

Operator
Alcoa Steamship Company

Operator Agreement
Unknown

Flag State
United States

Incident Information
Incident Date
May 25, 1942

Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation

Cause
Sunk - Torpedo

Cause Comments
Torpedoed and shelled by German submarine U-103 while en route from Mobile, Alabama, to Kingston, (Jamaica).

Conflict
World War II

Location of Incident
Caribbean Sea

Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2

Lat/Long
18° 45' N., 79° 50' W.

Incident Location Comments
Approximately 125 miles west-northwest of Montego Bay, (Jamaica)

Lives Lost
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