T/S City of Alma

Call sign
KUBP
Shipping company
Waterman Steamship C. Mobile, Alabama, USA
Nationality
USA flaggUSA
Home port
Mobile

Shipyard

Name
Merchant Ship Building Corp., Harriman, Philadelphia, PA. USA
Build year
1920
Month of delivery
februar

Other

  • Participant in WW2
  • Torpedoed, 3.6.1942
  • Civilian ship

Tonnage

Gross tonnage:
5.446
Net tonnage:
3.344

Engine

Propulsion:
Westinghouse
Built by:
Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Easington, PA

Dimensions

Length:
400.7'
Beam:
54.2'
Draft:
30.4'
  • Miscellaneous

    HISTORIKK:
     v/H.Larsson-Fedde.

    2/1920: United States Shipping Board, Philadelphia, USA - CITY OF ALMA
    /1931: Waterman S.S. Corp., Mobile, USA - CITY OF ALMA
    6/1942: Torpedert og senket 3/6-42 av tysk ubåt U-172 (korvettenkapitän Carl Emmermann) i pos. N23.00',  W 62.30'-400 n.m. NE av San Juan, Puerto Rico på reise Bombay til Baltimore med mangan-malm.  29 personer omkom.

    Se også:
    https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1740.html

    Shipwreck location

    Latitude: 23
    Longitude: -62.5

    Sources

    http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?201904
    http://minnehallen.no/skip_2/ss-city-of-alma
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1942

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  • Image (1)
  • Documents (0)

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