SS Cockaponset
Cockaponset was a steam cargo ship built in 1918–1919 by Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company of Bay Point for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. The vessel was largely employed on the Gulf Coast of the United States to Europe route until 1930 when she was laid up. In late 1940 the ship together with 15 other vessels was acquired by the British government to alleviate significant shortage of tonnage due to an ongoing German U-boat campaign. In May 1941 the freighter was torpedoed and sunk on her first war trip to the United Kingdom.
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SS Cockaponset
Cockaponset was a steam cargo ship built in 1918–1919 by Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company of Bay Point for the United States Shipping Board as part of the wartime shipbuilding program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. The vessel was largely employed on the Gulf Coast of the United States to Europe route until 1930 when she was laid up. In late 1940 the ship together with 15 other vessels was acquired by the British government to alleviate significant shortage of tonnage due to an ongoing German U-boat campaign. In May 1941 the freighter was torpedoed and sunk on her first war trip to the United Kingdom.
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Cockaponset was a steam cargo ...... ar trip to the United Kingdom.
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1919-11-11
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laying down
1918-06-15
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1.22682e+2
maiden voyage
1919-12-28
order date
1917-11-16
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ship beam (μ)
1.61544e+1
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ship launched
1919-05-04
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Sunk, 20 May 1941
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Ship builder
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Co., Bay Point
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Ship commissioned
1919-11-11
Ship country
Ship fate
Ship homeport
*San Francisco
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Ship identification
*US Official Number 219030
*Call sign LTFG
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*Call sign KJGC
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Ship laid down
1918-06-15
Ship launched
1919-05-04
Ship maiden voyage
1919-12-28
Ship name
*Cockaponset
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Ship operator
*Williams, Dimond & Co.
*Lykes Brothers
*Daniel Ripley & Co.
*Lamport & Holt
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Ship ordered
1917-11-16
Ship owner
*USSB
*MARCOM
*MoWT
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Ship power
Ship propulsion
Kerr Turbine Co. steam turbine, double reduction geared to one screw
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Ship sponsor
Mrs. John T. Scott
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Ship tonnage
*
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Ship type
Ship yard number
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Cockaponset was a steam cargo ...... ar trip to the United Kingdom.
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SS Cockaponset
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