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| shiptonnage = 7,985 tons
 
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| shipbeam = 69 ft 6 in (21.18m)
 
| shipbeam = 69 ft 6 in (21.18m)
 
| shipdepth = 28 ft 6 im (8.69m)
 
| shipdepth = 28 ft 6 im (8.69m)
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Latest revision as of 19:55, 17 December 2021

USAT Sea Pike
SS Sea Pike.jpg
History
Name USAT Sea Pike
Owner US War Shipping Administration
Builder Western Pipe and Steel Corp. San Francisco, California
Launched February 1943
Completed 13 Feb 1943
In service 1943
Out of service 1970
Reclassified C3 Cargo ship
Fate scrapped in Taiwan
General characteristics
Type Liberty Ship
Tonnage 7,985 tons
Length 492 ft (149.96m)
Beam 69 ft 6 in (21.18m)
Depth 28 ft 6 im (8.69m)
Propulsion single screw
Speed 17 knots (31.48 km/h)
Capacity 2,109 troops



Remarks

C3-S-A2 class ships were the third type of cargo ships designed by the US Marine Commission in the late 1930s, designed to be a general purpose ship that could be modified for specific purposes. Longer and faster than the C2 designed ships, 465 ships of this design were constructed between 1940 and 1947.


Sea Pike had made one freight voyage before being converted to carry troops, sailing primarily to Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia and similar areas until mid-1945. She made several voyages between the US west coast and Australia's east coast with visits to many of the Pacific islands in the war zone. Her crew was a combination of civilian merchant sailors (38 - 62) and between 21 and 40 US naval personnel aboard to operate defensive guns and communications equipment.


She was renamed on 9 Nov 1945 to Mormacwave having transferred to the east coast of the US and then carried out two trips to Europe to take troops back to the US. In late Febuary 1946 she was released from troop service. In 1955 she was acquired by States Marine Corp. and renamed SS Lone Star State. In 1970 she was sold to Taiwanese ship-breakers and scrapped during April


Soldiers carried

Townsville to Milne Bay Papua, New Guinea 31 December 1943 - 4 January 1944