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Triton - (1913-1914)
"Triton", seen here as "Muskogee", was built in 1913.
Renamed as "Muskogee" in 1915".

The Miramar Ship Index for "TRITON"
IDNo:
2212984
Year:
1913
Name:
TRITON
Launch Date:
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
05.1913
Flag:
DEU
Keel:

DWT:
10250
Yard No:
890
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
137.5
Country of build:
DEU
Beam:
17.7
Builder:
Schichau
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Danzig
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1T-10

Owner as Completed:
Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges., Hamburg

Subsequent History:
1914 MUSKOGEE

Disposal Data:
Torpedoed and sunk 37.00 N / 62.00 W on 22.03.1942 (34 dead)

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Nme change
Main Owner
2212984
1913
TRITON
7225
Deutsch-Am.Petrol
212984
2212984
1913
MUSKOGEE
7225
1914
Standard Oil Co NJ

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

TRITON - 1913,  GE, 1T (aft), (10)
7,225 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg,  451.0 x 58.0
Tanker built by F. Schichau, Danzig,  (5),  #890
Arrived Key West 10 Aug 1914, voyage Shields - Baton Rouge,  transferred
1914 - MUSKOGEE, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Bayonne / New York, US, 212984
1924 - Muskogee SS. Co., Inc. (C. D. Mallory & Co., Inc.), Wilmington, Del.
1934 - Ardmore SS. Co., Inc. (s/m)
1941 - Muskogee SS. Corp. (s/m)
Torpedoed and sunk by U 123, 22 March 1942, in approx. 37 N-61 W, voyage Caripito via
Trinidad - Halifax, fuel oil (lost with all hands, posted missing )

Additional information from Uboat.net :

Name
Muskogee
Type:
Steam tanker
Tonnage
7,034 tons
Completed
1913 - F. Schichau GmbH, Elbing, Danzig
Owner
Marine Transport Lines Inc, New York
Homeport
Wilmington
Date of attack
22 Mar 1942
Nationality: American
Fate
Sunk by U-123 ( Reinhard Hardegen)
Position
37 N, 62 W - Grid CB 8314
- See location on a map -
Complement
34 (34 dead - no survivors)
Convoy
-
Route
Caripito, Venezuela (13 Mar) - Trinidad - Halifax
Cargo
67.265 barrels of heavy crude oil
History
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.
Notes on loss
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.