Patrick J. Hurley (1941)

Builder:
Federal Shipbuilding and
Drydock Company
Kearney, New Jersey
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1941
Launched:
October 21, 1941
Type:
Tanker
Completed:
November 1941
Fate:
Sunk Sept. 12, 1942 by U-512 (gunfire).

Location: North Atlantic, 1,718 miles northeast of Aruba.
(22.59N - 46.15W)

18 crewmen killed, 22 survivors picked up Sept. 19 by SS Etna (Sweden) at position
23.21N - 49.40W and landed at New York.

23 survivors picked up Oct. 4 by SS Loch Dee (U.K.) and landed at Charleston, South Carolina.
(Roll of Honor)


Owner
Sinclair Refining Company
New York, New York


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
508' 2" (PP)
Engines:
1 triple expansion
Beam:
72' 1"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
38' (depth)
Shafts:
1
Gross Tons:
10,864
HP:
1,178
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
14.2 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1


Masters
From
To
Name
N/A
Sept. 12, 1942
Carl Stromgren


No photo available
Builder's Data
Page published Sept. 13, 2009