JEREMIAH WADSWORTH

Year Built

1942

Official Number

Shipyard

Houston Shipbuilding Corporation

General Type

General Cargo

Specific Type

Break Bulk

MARAD Type

Ship Length

441.00 feet

Beam

57.00 feet

Mast Height

Net Tons

Gross Tons

Cargo Capacity

Draft, Summer

Draft, Lightweight

Displacement, Summer

Displacement, Lightweight

Immersion, Summer

Immersion, Lightweight

Fate

Sunk - Torpedo

Historical Narrative

This Liberty ship was named for Jeremiah Wadsworth (1748-1804). Jeremiah Wadsworth was a merchant mariner and officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Wadsworth was a Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut from 1789-1795.

MARAD has no written history for the Liberty ship Jeremiah Wadsworth at this time.

Vessel Name History

JEREMIAH WADSWORTH

Mission

No Mission for this vessel

Historical Documents

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Milestones

No events for this vessel

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

Marine Transport Lines

Operator

Isthmian Steamship Company

Operator Agreement

General Agent Agreement

Flag State

United States

Incident Information

Incident Date

November 27, 1942

Use at Loss

Cargo Transportation

Cause

Sunk - Torpedo

Cause Comments

Torpedoed by German submarine U-178 while en route from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Bombay (Mumbai), (India), via Cape Town, South Africa.

Conflict

World War II

Location of Incident

South Atlantic

Accuracy of Incident Location

Historic 1

Lat/Long

39° 25' S., 22° 23' E.

Incident Location Comments

Approximately 270 miles south of Cape Agulhas, South Africa

Lives Lost