SS Catahoula
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Catahoula |
| Owner | United States Shipping Board (1920) American Fuel & Transportion Company (1920) United States Shipping Board (1921–1922) Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (1922–1923) Cuban Distilling Company (1923–1942) |
| Builder | , Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 1538[1] |
| Launched | 21 July 1920 |
| Completed | September 1920 |
| Homeport | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk, 5 April 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Design 1022 cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 390.0 ft (118.9 m) |
| Beam | 54.2 ft (16.5 m) |
| Depth | 27.8 ft (8.5 m) |
| Installed power | Oil-fired steam turbines,[4] 2500 ihp[5] |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots[5] |
| Range | 9,000 miles[3] |
| Capacity | 344,963 gallons |
SS Catahoula was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.
History[]
She was laid down at yard number 1538 at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipyard of the , one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board.[4] She was completed in 1920 and named Catahoula.[1][5] In 1920, she was purchased by the American Fuel & Transportation Company[1] and converted into a tanker by the Globe Shipbuilding Company in Baltimore[6] with a 344,963 gallon capacity.[3] In 1921, she was returned to the USSB.[1] In 1922, she was purchased by the Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (Baltimore, Maryland).[1] In 1923, she was purchased by the Cuban Distilling Company[1] where she was utilized to transport blackstrap molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining, to the United States where it would be used to produce cattle feed, vinegar and denatured alcohol.
On 5 April 1942, while en route from San Pedro de Macorís to Wilmington, Delaware, she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-154 northeast of the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic (19°16′N 68°12′W / 19.267°N 68.200°WCoordinates: 19°16′N 68°12′W / 19.267°N 68.200°W).[7] 2 crewman were killed outright and 5 later drowned during the evacuation.[7] 31 crewman and 7 armed guards were rescued the following day by the destroyer Sturtevant who had been alerted by a patrolling plane.[7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g McKellar, p. Part II, 589.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing vessels, Arranged in Order of Signal Letters. p. 94.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing Merchant Steam Vessels of 500 Gross Tons and Over Fitted For Burning Oil Fuel. p. 462.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c McKellar, p. Part II, 588.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c The Marine Review 1921, p. 97.
- ^ The Marine Review, p. 17.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Cressman, Robert. The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016.
- "1930-1931 Catahoula" (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Ships. 1930.
Bibliography[]
- McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships, p. 588" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- Marine Review (1921). "1920 Construction Record of U.S. Yards -Catahoula". The Marine Review. New York. 51 (February): 17 and 97. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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