MS Cape Flattery (1940)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Cape Flattery |
| Namesake | Cape Flattery, Washington |
| Owner | United States Maritime Commission |
| Operator | American Mail Line (for WSA) |
| Builder | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington |
| Yard number | 2 |
| Laid down | 15 April 1940 |
| Launched | 28 September 1940 |
| Completed | 29 May 1941 |
| In service | 1941 |
| Out of service | 1946 |
| Identification | U.S. Official Number: 240634 |
| Fate | Scrapped Valencia, Spain 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | M.C. Type C1-B |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 12,875 to deep load line |
| Length | |
| Beam | 60 ft 1 in (18.3 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) deep load |
| Depth | 23 ft 8 in (7.2 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Propulsion | 2 × 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) diesel, 1 screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew |
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| Notes | 5 holds. 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) normal cruising range. |
MS Cape Flattery was a United States Maritime Commission type C1-B cargo ship built in 1940–41 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington, for the commission to be assigned to the American Mail Line for transpacific service. After the United States entry into the war the ship was operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through American Mail as agents. The ship, after about a year of operation, became a troop transport for the remainder of the war.
Troop ship operations were largely to the Southwest Pacific. In 1945 the ship transited the Indian Ocean, Suez and the Atlantic to Hampton Roads and New York. Subsequently, Cape Flattery operated to Europe and the islands of the Caribbean. Completing allocation to Army requirements, the ship was laid up in the Hudson River on 28 April 1946, until it was sold for scrapping on 23 November 1970.