Santiago Iglesias

Type:
Liberty
Class:
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
Page published Aug. 16, 2008