Santiago Iglesias |
Type: |
Liberty |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, Maryland |
MCE Hull Number: |
961 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
March 30, 1943 |
Keel Laid: |
February 21, 1943 |
Delivered: |
April 10, 1943 |
Fate: |
Sunk Sept. 16, 1965 by the U.S. Navy off the coast of New Jersey during Operation CHASE. The ship was loaded with obsolete ammunition set to detonate at a prescribed depth to study seismic waves. |
Operator |
W.R. Grace & Company (Grace Line Inc.) New York, New York |
History: |
Used as a mule transport during World War 2. |
Jan. 29, 1948: |
Laid up at James River, Virginia in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. |
July 14, 1965: | Turned over to the U.S. Navy for disposal. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Aug. 16, 2008 |