BELLINGHAM


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Year Built
1920
Official Number
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Shipyard
Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
410.00 feet
Beam
54.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
3358.00 tons
Gross Tons
5345.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
403848.00 square feet
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

Historical Narrative



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Vessel Name History

BELLINGHAM

Mission
Mission Name
World War II
Historical Documents
Name Download
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Documents


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Shipwreck Information


Vessel Information
Owner
Waterman Steamship Corporation

Operator
U.S. Maritime Commission

Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement

Flag State
United States

Incident Information
Incident Date
September 22, 1942

Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation

Cause
Sunk - Torpedo

Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-435 while en route from Archangel, Russia, to New York, New York, as part of Convoy QP-14.

Conflict
World War II

Location of Incident
Northeast Atlantic

Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2

Lat/Long
71° 23' N., 11° 03' W.

Incident Location Comments
Approximately 45 miles west of Jan Mayen Islands, Norway

Lives Lost
0