SS Carrabulle
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Carrabulle |
| 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 | American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 1530[1] |
| Launched | 16 June 1920 |
| Completed | September 1920 |
| Homeport | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk, 26 May 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 Carrabulle was a
.History
She was laid down at
blackstrap molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining, to the United States where it would be used to produce cattle feed, vinegar and denatured alcohol (in high demand due to Prohibition
).
On May 26, 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-106 in the Gulf of Mexico (26°18′N 89°21′W / 26.300°N 89.350°W).[7] 22 men were killed and 18 were rescued by the US Type C1-B freighter Thompson Lykes.[7]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g McKellar, p. Part II, 589.
- ^ a b c Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing vessels, Arranged in Order of Signal Letters. p. 94.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c McKellar, p. Part II, 588.
- ^ a b c Marine Review 1921, p. 97.
- ^ Marine Review 1921, p. 17.
- ^ ISBN 9781557501493.
References
- "1930-1931 Carrabulle" (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 -Carrabulle". The Marine Review. 51 (February). New York: 17 and 97. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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