HAHIRA
Year Built
1920
Official Number
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Shipyard
Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division
General Type
Tanker
Specific Type
Crude Oil
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
436.00 feet
Beam
56.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
4234.00 tons
Gross Tons
6855.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
79769.00 barrels
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Historical Documents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 |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
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Requisitioned
| 3/11/1942 | Vessel requisitioned under a time charter from the Atlantic Refining Company but simultaneously time-chartered back to that company for operatin. |
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Sunk
| 11/3/1942 | Vessel torpedoed and sunk. |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
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| (No Date) | HAHIRA.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
Atlantic Refining Company
Operator
British Government
Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
November 03, 1942
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-521 while en route from New York, New York, to a United Kingdom port as part of Convoy SC-107.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
North Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
54° 15' N., 41° 47' W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 400 miles south of Cape Farewell, Greenland
Lives Lost
3
