MALTRAN
Year Built
1920
Official Number
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Shipyard
Merrill-Stevens Shipbuilding
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
334.00 feet
Beam
48.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
2144.00 tons
Gross Tons
3513.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
275893.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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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Historical Documents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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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Solvay Process Co.
Operator
Marine Transport Lines
Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
July 05, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-759 while en route from New York, New York, to Ponce, Puerto Rico, via Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Caribbean Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
18° 11' N., 74° 57' W.
Incident Location Comments
Approximately 70 miles west of Port Salut, Haiti
Lives Lost
0
