Difference between revisions of "SS Joseph Carrigan"
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| shipcompleted = 28 Mar 1945 | | shipcompleted = 28 Mar 1945 | ||
| shipinservice = Mar 1945 | | shipinservice = Mar 1945 | ||
| − | | shipoutofservice = | + | | shipoutofservice = 10 Sep 1945 |
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| shipfate = mined but recovered and sold as scrap | | shipfate = mined but recovered and sold as scrap | ||
| shiptype = Hull No 3103 Type C2-S-B1 ship | | shiptype = Hull No 3103 Type C2-S-B1 ship | ||
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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. | 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 10 Sep 1945 the Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the South China Sea off Labuan, Malaya. She arrived at 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 1948. | |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== | ||
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 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 |
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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 10 Sep 1945 the Liberty ship struck a mine and was damaged in the South China Sea off Labuan, Malaya. She arrived at 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 1948.