JOHN SEVIER
Year Built
1942
Official Number
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Shipyard
Oregon Shipbuilding Company
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
441.00 feet
Beam
57.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
4374.00 tons
Gross Tons
7176.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499573.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named for John Sevier (1745-1815). John Sevier was a pioneer, soldier, frontiersman, and politician. Sevier was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1790-1791, Governor of Tennessee from 1796-1801 and again from 1803-1809, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee from 1811-1815. Sevier was an important figure in the founding of the State of Tennessee.
MARAD has no written
history for the Liberty ship John Sevier at
this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
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Ship Imagery
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Status Cards
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
War Shipping Administration
Operator
Pacific Atlantic Steamship Company
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
April 06, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-185 while en route from Georgetown, British Guiana (Guyana), to Mobile, Alabama, via Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Caribbean Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
20° 25' N., 74° W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 20 miles southwest of Great Inagua Island, (Bahamas)
Lives Lost
0
