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Thomas H. Gallaudet
Z-ET1-S-C3
Ship Index for
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THOMAS H. GALLAUDET Design : Z-ET1-S-C3 (Liberty tanker)
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ID/ IMO
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5282005 MC hull nr. : 1898
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Year
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1943
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Name
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THOMAS H. GALLAUDET
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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United States War Shipping Adm. (Lend Lease to USSR)
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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7176
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DWT
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10856
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LOA
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134.66
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LPP
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125.52
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Beam
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16.76
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Dept
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11.38
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Draft
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8.44
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Mach.
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1T-11
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kW
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2500
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Design
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Z-ET1-S-C3
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Builder
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California SB., Corp., Terminal Island
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Yard
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Los Angeles, California
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Yard No
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T19
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Built
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USA
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Keel
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18.09.1943
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Launch
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21.10.1943
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Compl.
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13.11.1043
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History
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1944 MAYKOP - Dal’nyevostochnoye gosudarstvyennoye morskoye parokhodstvo, Vladivostok, RUS. (Far-Eastern Sg., Co.)
1948a Returned to US Maritime Commission, renamed THOMAS H. GALLAUDET.
1948b THOMAS H. GALLAUDET - American Pacific SS., Co., Los Angeles, USA, under GAA.
1948c THOMAS H. GALLAUDET - Boland & Cornelius, Los Angeles, USA, under GAA.
1948d THOMAS H. GALLAUDET - Transferred to Reserve Fleet, Hudson River, New York.
1951 AMBERSTAR - Sold to Traders SS., Corp., New York, USA.
1954 ELMIRA - Morelos Cia Naviera SA, Monrovia, LBR.
1955 Converted to cargo ship, 7199 grt / 10714 dwt
1960 PONTOS - Morelos Cia Naviera SA, Piraeus, GRC.
1965 SAMUEL S. - Pacific Coast Sg., Co., Monrovia, LBR.
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End
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1969
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Disposal Data
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Wrecked at 30.25 N / 130.14 E on 25.03.1969. [Voyage Guam-Pusan, scrap iron]
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( See photos below )
Long distance shot of the "Maykop", ex. "Thomas H. Gallaudet", location and date unknown.
( Photo NARA )
"Maykop", ex. "Thomas H. Gallaudet", during war time, source, location and date unknown.
"Maykop", ex. "Thomas H. Gallaudet", source, location and date unknown.
"Elmira", ex. "Amberstar", ex. "Thomas H. Gallaudet", ex. "Maykop", ex. "Thomas H. Gallaudet", location and date unknown.
( Photo David Boone )
"Pontos", ex. "Elmira", ex. "Amberstar", ex. "Thomas H. Gallaudet", ex. "Maykop", ex. "Thomas H. Gallaudet", location and date unknown.
( Photo David Boone )
"Thomas H. Gallaudet", Status Card.