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− | | | + | | image = [[File:Liberty_ship.jpg]] |
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− | | caption2 = | + | | caption2 = Brunei Bay, Borneo. 31 August 1945. Troops lined up, prepared to abandon ship, on board ''SS Joseph E. Carrigan'' just after the ship hit a mine en route to Labuan. AWM P02919.003 |
+ | | shipname = SS Joseph Carrigan | ||
+ | | shipowner = | ||
+ | | shipbuilder = New England Shipbuilding Corp , South Portland, Maine | ||
+ | | shipyardnumber = (East yard) | ||
+ | | shiplaunched = 29 Jan 1945 | ||
+ | | shipcompleted = 28 Mar 1945 | ||
+ | | shipinservice = April 1945 | ||
+ | | shipoutofservice = 10 Sep 1945 | ||
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+ | | shipoutofservice2 = | ||
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+ | | shipID = | ||
+ | | shipfate = mined but recovered and sold as scrap | ||
+ | | shiptype = Hull No 3103 Type C2-S-B1 ship | ||
+ | | shiptonnage = 7,176 tons | ||
+ | | shiplength = 459 ft (139.90 m) | ||
+ | | shipbeam = 63 ft (19.20 m) | ||
+ | | shipdepth = 40 ft (12.19 m) draft 25 ft (7.62 m) | ||
+ | | shippropulsion = single screw | ||
+ | | shipspeed = 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) | ||
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− | + | ==Remarks== | |
+ | Built to the standard design, her hull was laid down on 29 Jan 1945, launched on 28 Mar 1945, and in Brisbane by August 1945. | ||
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+ | On 31 Aug 1945 the Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the South China Sea off Labuan, Malaya. After unloading her cargo and troops she sailed for Manila, Philippines where she was declared a constructive total loss. One officer was crushed by a lifeboat and killed instantly and several other men were wounded as a result of the explosion caused by the mine. | ||
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− | + | Subsequently sold and scrapped in Shanghai during 1948. | |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
− | === | + | ===Sydney to Morotai 1 August to 21 August 1945=== |
− | *[[Arthur John Saw]] | + | * [[Thomas Keith Donald]] |
+ | * [[Arthur John Saw]] boarded in Cairns on 12 August | ||
===Morotai to Labuan 27 Aug - 1 Sep 1945=== | ===Morotai to Labuan 27 Aug - 1 Sep 1945=== | ||
− | *[[Alexander Rhone]] | + | * [[Thomas Keith Donald]] |
+ | * [[Alexander Rhone]] | ||
+ | * [[Arthur John Saw]] | ||
+ | * [[Percy Whittaker]] | ||
[[Category:Ships]] | [[Category:Ships]] |
Latest revision as of 19:25, 2 July 2024
Contents
Remarks
Built to the standard design, her hull was laid down on 29 Jan 1945, launched on 28 Mar 1945, and in Brisbane by August 1945.
On 31 Aug 1945 the Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the South China Sea off Labuan, Malaya. After unloading her cargo and troops she sailed for Manila, Philippines where she was declared a constructive total loss. One officer was crushed by a lifeboat and killed instantly and several other men were wounded as a result of the explosion caused by the mine.
Subsequently sold and scrapped in Shanghai during 1948.
Soldiers carried
Sydney to Morotai 1 August to 21 August 1945
- Thomas Keith Donald
- Arthur John Saw boarded in Cairns on 12 August