SS Lewis L. Dyche
 SS John W Brown, a ship of the same class as the SS Lewis L. Dyche
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Lewis L. Dyche |
| Namesake | Lewis Lindsay Dyche |
| Owner | United States Maritime Commission |
| Operator | Interocean Steamship Company |
| Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Yard number | 807 |
| Laid down | 6 November 1943 |
| Launched | 26 November 1943 |
| Completed | 9 December 1943 |
| Fate | Kamikaze attack and sank January 4, 1945, killed all 71 crew members |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Tonnage | 7,176 GRT, 10,865 DWT |
| Displacement | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Troops | 550[1] |
| Complement | |
| Armament |
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| Notes | call sign: KVCT |
SS Lewis L. Dyche was a
Interocean Steamship Company of San Francisco during World War II. Lewis L. Dyche was laid down on 6 November 1943, launched on 26 November 1943 and completed on 9 December 1943, with the hull No. 807 as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program, built is 38 days.[3]
World war 2
SS Lewis L. Dyche was loaded with bombs and fuses for the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II in San Francisco.
SS Lewis L. Dyche joined one-hundred-
US Navy
plane.
On January 4, 1945, just South of Mindoro, a Japanese kamikaze plane crashed into the Lewis L. Dyche. The cargo of
merchant marines. The explosion was so large that the ship's debris damaged other ships nearby, including the oil tanker USS Pecos and the minelayer USS Monadnock.[4]
See also
- Allied technological cooperation during World War II
- List of Liberty ships
- Type C1 ship
- Type C2 ship
- Victory ship
- U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
External links
- U.S. Maritime Service Veterans Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
