IDNo:
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2212984
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Year:
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1913
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Name:
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TRITON
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Launch Date:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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05.1913
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Flag:
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DEU
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Keel:
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DWT:
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10250
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Yard No:
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890
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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137.5
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Country of build:
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DEU
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Beam:
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17.7
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Builder:
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Schichau
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Danzig
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-10
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Owner as Completed:
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Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges., Hamburg
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ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Nme change
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Main Owner
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2212984
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1913
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TRITON
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7225
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Deutsch-Am.Petrol
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212984
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2212984
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1913
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MUSKOGEE
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7225
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1914
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Standard Oil Co NJ
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Name
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Muskogee
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Type:
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Steam tanker
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Tonnage
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7,034 tons
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Completed
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1913 - F. Schichau GmbH, Elbing, Danzig
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Owner
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Marine Transport Lines Inc, New York
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Homeport
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Wilmington
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Date of attack
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22 Mar 1942
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Nationality: American
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Fate
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Sunk by U-123 ( Reinhard Hardegen)
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Position
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37 N, 62 W - Grid CB 8314
- See location on a map -
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Complement
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34 (34 dead - no survivors)
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Convoy
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-
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Route
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Caripito, Venezuela (13 Mar) - Trinidad - Halifax
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Cargo
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67.265 barrels of heavy crude oil
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History
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Completed in May 1913 as German Triton for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum GmbH, Hamburg. 1914 renamed Muskogee for Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, New York.
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Notes on loss
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At 17.56 hours on 22 Mar, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed Muskogee (Master William W. Betts) was hit by one torpedo from U-123 in the engine room and sank by the stern within 16 minutes about 450 miles southeast of Bermuda. The ship had been missed by a first G7a torpedo from a stern tube at 17.06 hours. Ten survivors managed to climb on two rafts and were questioned by Hardegen and also photographed before the U-boat left the area. However, none of the seven officers and 27 crewmen survived.
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