GEORGE CALVERT
Year Built
1942
Official Number
241545
Shipyard
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
--
Ship Length
441.00 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
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named for George Calvert (1580-1632). George Calvert was the first Lord of Baltimore and founder of a Catholic colony that eventually became the state of Maryland.
MARAD has no written
history for the Liberty ship George Calvert at
this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
Historical Documents
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
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
3
