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| − | This ship first appeared | + | This ship first appeared off the Australian coast in early September 1942, and from that point carried out numerous voyages between northern Queensland ports and New Guinea, with an occasional voyage to Sydney and Brisbane. |
| + | Constructed in the Oregon Shipyards owned by the Kaiser Corporation which had seven shipyards that assembled 1,552 vessels out of the 5,601 ships commissioned by the U.S. Maritime Commission between 1939 and 1945. (Additional deliveries for private companies and foreign governments brought wartime production of U.S. shipyards to 5,777 vessels.) | ||
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
===Port Moresby to Cairns 21 - 23 January 1943=== | ===Port Moresby to Cairns 21 - 23 January 1943=== | ||
| + | Main parety of 2/16th Battaliopn, including: | ||
* [[Edwin Reed Marshall]] | * [[Edwin Reed Marshall]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:02, 14 September 2023
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| History | |
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| Name | USAT Jason Lee |
| Owner | Army Transportation Service |
| Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Launched | 27 Jun 1942 |
| Completed | 9 July 1942 |
| Out of service | March 1967 |
| Fate | Scapped 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Standard Liberty EC2-S-C1 |
| Tonnage | 10,865 tons |
| Length | 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) |
| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Depth | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.465 m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots |
Remarks
This ship first appeared off the Australian coast in early September 1942, and from that point carried out numerous voyages between northern Queensland ports and New Guinea, with an occasional voyage to Sydney and Brisbane.
Constructed in the Oregon Shipyards owned by the Kaiser Corporation which had seven shipyards that assembled 1,552 vessels out of the 5,601 ships commissioned by the U.S. Maritime Commission between 1939 and 1945. (Additional deliveries for private companies and foreign governments brought wartime production of U.S. shipyards to 5,777 vessels.)
Soldiers carried
Port Moresby to Cairns 21 - 23 January 1943
Main parety of 2/16th Battaliopn, including: