GALVESTON


Default Generic Ship Image
Year Built
1921
Official Number
--
Shipyard
Dollut and Williams
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
--
Ship Length
--
Beam
--
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
3280.00 tons
Gross Tons
6174.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
439000.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk as Breakwater

Historical Narrative



There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.


Vessel Name History

GALVESTON

Mission

No Mission for this vessel

Historical Documents
Name Download

Milestones


Event Date Content
Sunk
6/8/1944 Intentionally sunk as a block ship as part of the D-Day invasion

Ship Imagery


No images for this vessel



Status Cards



Documents


Date Type Name Download
(No Date) GALVESTON.pdf Default Generic Download Image
(No Date) GALVESTON-1.pdf Default Generic Download Image

Plans


No documents for this vessel


Shipwreck Information


Vessel Information
Owner
--

Operator
--

Operator Agreement
--

Flag State
United States

Incident Information
Incident Date
June 08, 1944

Use at Loss
Other

Cause
Sunk as Breakwater

Cause Comments
Intentionally sunk as a blockship to help form an artificial harbor.

Conflict
World War II

Location of Incident
Northeast Atlantic

Accuracy of Incident Location
--

Lat/Long
--

Incident Location Comments
--

Lives Lost
--