ALEXANDER MACOMB
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
EC2-S-C1
Ship Length
442.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
4389.00 tons
Gross Tons
7191.00 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
Mission
| Mission Name |
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| World War II |
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
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Sunk
| 7/3/1942 | Torpedoed by German U-125 on maiden voyage from NY to Archangle, Russia. Port of Convoy BA-2 |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
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| (No Date) | ALEXANDER MACOMB.pdf |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
U.S. Maritime Commission
Operator
A.H. Bull & Company
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
July 03, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-215 while on maiden voyage from New York, New York, to Archangel, Russia, via Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; part of Convoy BA-2.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Northwest Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
41° 40' N., 66° 52' W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 175 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Lives Lost
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