COAMO
Year Built
1925
Official Number
225135
Shipyard
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
General Type
Passenger
Specific Type
Other Passenger
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
429.00 feet
Beam
60.00 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
4208.00 tons
Gross Tons
7057.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
236552.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
|---|---|
| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
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Requisitioned
| 2/11/1942 | Vessel was requisitioned from Agwilines under a bare boat charter agreement; that same company was simultaneously hired to operate the ship as a general agent. |
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Sunk
| 12/1/1942 | Torpedoed and sunk. |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (No Date) | COAMO.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
Agwilines Inc.
Operator
Agwilines Inc.
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
December 02, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-604 while en route from Gibraltar to New York, New York, as part of Convoy MKF-3.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
North Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2
Lat/Long
--
Incident Location Comments
North Atlantic Ocean
Lives Lost
186
