MEYER LONDON
Year Built
1944
Official Number
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Shipyard
Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
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
4381.00 tons
Gross Tons
7210.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
499816.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
This Liberty ship was named for Meyer London (1871-1926). Meyer London was a politician from New York City and member of the Socialist Party of America. London served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1915-1919, and from 1921-1923.
MARAD has no written
history for the Liberty ship Meyer London at
this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
No Mission for this vessel
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Milestones
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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
War Shipping Administration
Operator
T.J. Stevenson & Company
Operator Agreement
General Agent Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
April 16, 1944
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-407 while en route from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Abadan, Iran, as part of Convoy UGS-37.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Mediterranean Sea
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
32° 51' N., 23° 00' E.
Incident Location Comments
Off Derma, (Libya)
Lives Lost
0
