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SS Mormachawk (1942)

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214: 37: 359:. As part of the modifications from cargo to troop transport the ship had cement ballast permanently installed; 350 tons (317,515 kg) in #2 hold and 114 tons (103,419 kg) in #3 hold. On 21 December 1951 the ship had been recommended for scrap due to the $ 530,000 cost of reconversion to cargo use. Under an award of 7 January 1964 to Zidell Explorations, Inc. the ship was delivered for scrapping 12 March 1964 from the reserve fleet at Astoria, Oregon. 301:(WSA) by agents. She was acquired by WSA upon completion on 14 December 1942. During World War II the ship operated in the Pacific as a cargo and troop transport operating from the South Pacific to Alaska. 278:
and Administrator of the War Shipping Administration. This ship was Moore-McCormack Lines' second of the name as the earlier type C2 ship of the same name had been acquired by the United States Navy as
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Certificate of crossing the 180th meridian heading to Japan in preparation for the invasion of the Japanese homeland. Note the latitude is listed as 'secret', but was noted as estimated at 17 degrees.
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sailing on 21 July. The 8th Naval Construction Battalion, after completing work in the Aleutian Islands begun in July 1942, returned from Dutch Harbor aboard
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and completed as a troop transport, was the first launched from Consolidated's new Wilmington yard sponsored by Eleanor H. Van Valey, secretary to Admiral
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The ship transported an advance party of one officer and 86 men of Company "B", 5th Special Naval Construction Battalion, from
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completed 14 December 1942 grossing 6,711 tons. The ship, a standard ship
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5th Special Naval Construction Battalion—Historical Information
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8th Naval Construction Battalion—Historical Information
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SS Mormachawk
Flag of the United States (1912-1959)
United States Maritime Commission
Consolidated Steel Corp.
Wilmington, California
Type C1-B
GRT

cargo vessel
troop ship
Second World War
Moore-McCormack Lines
War Shipping Administration
Consolidated Steel Corp.
Wilmington yard
type C1-B
Emory Land
U.S. Maritime Commission
USS Arcturus
War Shipping Administration
44th Naval Construction Battalion
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides
Dutch Harbor
Adak
United States Maritime Commission
Columbia River
Astoria, Oregon

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