GEORGE CALVERT
 
                        Year Built
                    
                        1942
                
                        Official Number
                    
                        241545
                
                        Shipyard
                    
                    Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
                
                        General Type
                    
                    General Cargo
                
                        Specific Type
                    
                    Break Bulk
                MARAD Type
                    
                            EC2-S-C1
                    
                Ship Length
                    
                            441.50 feet
                    
                Beam
                    
                            57.00 feet
                    
                Mast Height
                    
                            --
                    
                Net Tons
                    
                            4389.00 tons
                    
                Gross Tons
                    
                            7191.00 tons
                    
                Cargo Capacity
                    
                                499816.00 square feet
                    
                Draft, Summer
                    
                            --
                    
                Draft, Lightweight
                    
                            --
                    
                Displacement, Summer
                    
                            --
                    
                Displacement, Lightweight
                    
                            --
                    
                Immersion, Summer
                    
                            --
                    
                Immersion, Lightweight
                    
                            --
                    
                Fate
                    
                            Sunk - Torpedo 
                    
                Milestones
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Ship Imagery
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Status Cards
 
                        Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
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Plans
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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
                        
                            May 20, 1942
                    
                            Use at Loss
                        
                            Cargo Transportation
                    Cause
                            Sunk - Torpedo
                    Cause Comments
                            Torpedoed by German submarine U-753 while en route from Baltimore, Maryland, to Bandar Shahpur (Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni), Iran, via Cape Town, South Africa.
                    Conflict
                            World War II
                    Location of Incident
                            Caribbean Sea
                    Accuracy of Incident Location
                            Unknown
                    Lat/Long
                            25° 55' N., 84° 26' W.
                    Incident Location Comments
                            Approximately 50 miles off the northwest coast of Cuba
                    Lives Lost
                            --
                     
                 
                    