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Charles T. Yerkes
Z-ET1-S-C3
Armadillo Class Mobile Station Tanker.
The Miramar Ship Index for
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CHARLES T. YERKES Design Z-ET1-S-C3
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IDNo / IMO
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2244761 = MCE 1909
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Year
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1943
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Name
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CHARLES T. YERKES
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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US Maritime Commission
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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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14245
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LOA
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147.37
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LPP
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126.80
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Beam
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17.34
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Dept
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11.38
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Draft
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8.41
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Machinery
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1T-11
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Power
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2500
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ShipDesign
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Z-ET1-S-C3
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Builder
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California Shipuilding Corp.
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Yard
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Terminal Is
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Yard No
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T30
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Country built
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USA
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Keel
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18.10.1943
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Launch
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20.11.1943
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Completed
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15.12.1943
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Subsequent History
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1943 Renamed JAGUAR, 27 October 1943.
1943 JAGUAR - Acquired by the US Navy, 15 December 1943.
1943 USS JAGUAR (IX-120) - Commissioned, 18 December 1943.
1946 CHARLES T. YERKES - Delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA), 10 June 1946, at Norfolk, VA., named reverted to SS CHARLES T. YERKES.
1948 HARRY PEER - Sold, May 1948, to Ocean Tankers Ltd., Dover, DE., renamed SS HARRY PEER.
1949 TINI - Resold in 1949 to Tini Steamship Co., Ltd., Dover, DE., and converted to a grain carrier by Alabama Drydock Co., Mobile, AL., , 7163 grt., renamed SS TINI.
1951 ILLENAO - Resold in 1951 to Cia de Nav Las Cruces SA, , renamed SS ILLENAO, reflagged Panamanian.
1954 ILLENAO - Resold in 1954 to S. N. Difonis, Athens, (name retained), Panamanian flag.
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End
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1954
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Disposal Data
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Final Disposition, grounded near Prongs Lighthouse, Bombay, 4 June 1954, while bound from Fremantle to Bombay with wheat - refloated with extensive bottom damage also to machinery and boilers, declared total loss, sold to local breakers.
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( See photo below )
Ex-"Jaguar" (IX-120) in commercial service as the Cia de Nav Las Cruces SA's grain carrier SS "Illenao" underway,
circa 1951-54, place unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Nixon )