CRIPPLE CREEK
Year Built
1919
Official Number
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Shipyard
Skinner and Eddy Corporation
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
403.00 feet
Beam
55.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
4668.00 tons
Gross Tons
6320.00 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
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
| Mission Name |
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| World War II |
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
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| (No Date) | CRIPPLE CREEK.pdf |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company
Operator
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company
Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
August 13, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-752 while en route from New York, New York, to a Persian Gulf port via Trinidad.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Atlantic Ocean
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 2
Lat/Long
04° 55' N., 18° 30' W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 400 miles off the coast of Sierra Leone
Lives Lost
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