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Year Built
1919
Official Number
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Shipyard
Northwest Steel Company
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
410.00 feet
Beam
54.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
3475.00 tons
Gross Tons
5565.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
445884.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo

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Vessel Information
Owner
States Marine Corporation

Operator
U.S. Army Transport Service

Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement

Flag State
United States

Incident Information
Incident Date
March 13, 1943

Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation

Cause
Sunk - Torpedo

Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-172 while en route from New York, New York, to Algiers, (Algeria), as part of Convoy UGS-6.

Conflict
World War II

Location of Incident
Atlantic Ocean

Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1

Lat/Long
38° 10' N., 37° 58' W.

Incident Location Comments
Approximately 450 miles west of the Azores

Lives Lost
2