T/S Steel Age
- Call sign
- KOXZ
- Shipping company
- Nationality
- USA
- Home port
- Build year
- 1920
- Yard number
- 31
- Month of delivery
- Februar
- Fleet affiliation
- Other
- Participant in WW2Torpedoed (7.3.1942)Civilian ships
- Gross tonnage:
- 6.188
- Net tonnage:
- 3.821
- Propulsion:
- SR. Geared Steam Turbines
- Engine size:
- NHK 596
- Built by:
- Bethlehem S.B. Corp. Ltd. San Francisco, California. USA
- Length:
- 395.5'
- Beam:
- 55.0'
- Draft:
- 31.4'
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HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde
02/1920: Levert som STEEL AGE til United States Steel Products Co., New York, USA.
00/1930: Solgt til Isthmian S. S. Co., New York, USA.
03/1942: Torpedert og senket den 7/3-42 av tysk ubåt U 129 ( Korvettenkapitän
Asmus Nicolai Clausen ) i pos. N 06.45', W 53.15' på reise fra Calcutta
til New Orleans med mangan malm.
34 personer omkom, 1 person reddet.
Maskineri:
2 stk Steam Turbines, DR geared to 1 sc. shaft. Maskineri bygget ved Midwest Eng. Co. Indianapolis, Ind. USA.
Se også:
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1404.html
Sources
http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1404.html
Shipwreck location
- Latitude:
- 06,75
- Longitude:
- -53,25
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