Paul Hamilton (1942) |
Type: |
Liberty |
Class: |
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Builder: |
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Wilmington, North Carolina |
MCE Hull Number: |
227 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
October 20, 1942 |
Keel Laid: |
August 30, 1942 |
Delivered: |
October 29, 1942 |
Fate: |
Sunk Apr. 20, 1944 by German Ju-88 aircraft (torpedo). Location: Mediterranean Sea, 41 miles east-northeast of Algiers, Algeria. (37.02N - 03.41E) 580 men killed (47 crewmen, 29 U.S. Navy Armed Guards and 504 USAAF), no survivors. |
Operator |
Black Diamond Steamship Company New York, New York |
History: |
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Dec. 12, 1942: |
Departed Hampton Roads, Virginia in convoy USG-3, detached at Bermuda Dec. 15. Sailed back to USA unescorted beginning Dec. 16. |
Jan. 18, 1943: |
Departed Oran, Algeria in convoy GUS-3, arrived New York Feb. 7. |
Mar. 4, 1943: |
Departed Hampton Roads, Virginia in convoy UGS-6, arrived Casablanca, Morocco Mar. 21. |
Apr 11. 1943: |
Departed Oran, Algeria and joined convoy GUS-6 arrived at Hampton Roads, Virginia Apr. 28. |
May 14, 1943: |
Departed Hampton Roads, Virginia in convoy UGS-8A, arrived Casablanca, Morocco June 1. |
June 21, 1943: |
Joined convoy GUS-8A, arrived Hampton Roads, Virginia July 11. |
Aug. 16, 1943: |
Departed Hampton Roads, Virginia in convoy UGS-15, arrived Oran, Algeria Sept. 3. |
Nov. 4, 1943: |
Departed Hampton Roads, Virginia in convoy UGS-23, arrived Casablanca, Morocco Nov. 21. |
Dec. 2, 1943: |
Joined convoy UGS-24 at Gibraltar, arrived Oran, Algeria Dec. 3. |
Dec. 23, 1943: |
Joined convoy KMS-35 at Oran, Algeria, arrived Bizerta (Banzart), Tunisia Dec. 26. |
Feb. 22, 1944: |
Joined convoy GUS-31 at Tunis, Tunisia, arrived Hampton Roads, Virginia Mar. 18. |
Apr. 3, 1944: |
Departed Hampton Roads, Virginia in convoy UGS-38. |
Apr. 20, 1944: |
Sunk by German Ju-88 off Algeria. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Aug. 16, 2008 |