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501:. Her crew learned in Panama on 10 December 1942 that the ship would not be in a convoy and would be making the 11000 mile trek alone to Fremantle, routing 1000 miles off the standard shipping lanes. She returned through the
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at 09:46 25 April 1945 with most of the hull above water as a target for missiles with the
Polaroid guidance system, before then being used for live ammunition target practice by Naval jets from nearby
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in 20 to 25 feet (6.1 to 7.6 m) of water. The site is off limits to divers due to unexploded ordnance, but the remains of the ship can be observed above the water during extreme low tides.
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on 25 September, where she offloaded her cargo. The return voyage in ballast left
Portsmouth on 7 October 1943 with convoy PW 411 reaching Milford Haven on 9 October. She then joined
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until 1970. She was then left derelict, becoming one of the most-photographed objects in the Bay, until April 1996, when waves submerged her in deeper water during a snowstorm.
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Chesapeake Bay on 26 February 1945, and reached Boston on 5 March. After being outfitted for her new role, she was scuttled on New Found Shoal in
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was developing a heat-seeking bomb for the United States Navy. Earlier testing had been done using targets on
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Weapons: every gun, missile, mine, and torpedo used by the U.S. Navy from 1883 to the present day
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in June 1944 and, after having her machinery removed, she was used as a target ship for early
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on 11 August. After loading a general cargo including some explosives, she joined
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bombs. These tests were conducted off New York by planes flying from
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893:. No. 49688. London. 28 October 1943. col D, p. 3.
740:"5 things to know about rusted target ship in Cape Cod Bay"
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was then assigned as a target for
Project Dove, where
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on 22 May. After loading a general cargo, she joined
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on 14 May 1943. She joined convoy ZG 31 arriving at
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on 8 December. After being temporarily moored near
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1062:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1943
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811:Personal Handwritten Log by Navy Gun Crew Member
943:. Stroud, Gloucesterchire: The History Press.
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870:. Gainesville, GA: The Longstreet Society
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241:441 feet 6 inches (135 m)
984:. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
613:she resumed work as a bombing target in
868:"The Liberty Ship The James Longstreet"
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274:27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
92:Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation,
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483:International Freighting Corporation
369:3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
83:International Freighting Corporation
813:. On board the SS James Longstreet.
451:and built at a cost of $ 1,833,400
1701:Maritime incidents in October 1943
415:built in the United States during
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889:"Violent Storm Off U.S. Coast".
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960:The Target Ship in Cape Cod Bay
834:"Arnold Hague Convoy Database"
748:. Hyannis, MA. 10 October 2014
648:and the Air Force from nearby
587:air to surface guided missiles
557:on 23 September 1943 to reach
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286:triple-expansion steam engine
629:Monomoy Island Gunnery Range
190:Acquired by the Navy in 1944
525:on 7 July. She returned in
193:Used as a target until 1970
16:United States Liberty ship
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939:Barbo, Theresa M. (2008).
469:Houston Shipbuilding Corp.
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958:Beyle, Noel W. (1992).
659:, also referred to as "
218:type EC2-S-C1, standard
203:General characteristics
1691:Ships built in Houston
665:Eastham, Massachusetts
571:Sandy Hook, New Jersey
485:. After loading cargo
253:427 feet (130 m)
247:416 feet (127 m)
903:Friedman 1982, p.202.
607:Naval Station Norfolk
625:Polaroid Corporation
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266:57 feet (17 m)
785:"James Longstreet"
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791:12 December
752:12 December
595:ASM-N-2 Bat
445:Confederate
429:target hulk
421:Confederate
308:(21.3
228:7,000 tons
108:Yard number
103:$ 1,833,400
1696:1942 ships
1680:Categories
1365:Chedabucto
1363:HMCS
1069:Shipwrecks
924:Beyle,p.21
912:Beyle,p.20
843:18 January
838:Convoy Web
823:Beyle,p.17
724:Beyle,p.11
715:Beyle,p.16
706:Beyle,p.12
688:Beyle,p.15
671:References
567:West Point
559:Portsmouth
507:Guantánamo
336:Complement
279:Propulsion
230:deadweight
1577:HMS
1529:HMS
1516:USS
1475:USS YP-88
1443:Mochizuki
1437:Orlionoch
1435:HMS
1428:HMS
1407:Charybdis
1405:HMS
1394:HMS
1370:USS
1282:Moonstone
1280:USS
1263:USS
1246:USS
1233:HMS
1222:HMS
1215:USS
1169:USS
1164:Chevalier
1162:USS
1135:USS
1096:HMS
1089:USS
891:The Times
697:Beyle,p.1
676:Citations
631:south of
523:Liverpool
491:Australia
467:, by the
116:Laid down
1618:23 Oct:
1608:22 Oct:
1592:10 Oct:
1585:Cuxhaven
1579:Carlisle
1492:31 Oct:
1482:29 Oct:
1466:28 Oct:
1456:26 Oct:
1426:24 Oct:
1403:23 Oct:
1396:Hurworth
1392:22 Oct:
1377:SS
1361:21 Oct:
1351:20 Oct:
1341:19 Oct:
1313:17 Oct:
1278:16 Oct:
1261:13 Oct:
1254:Jalabala
1231:11 Oct:
1143:Sposobny
980:(1982).
633:Cape Cod
549:leaving
517:leaving
511:Key West
461:launched
447:general
423:general
411:) was a
357:Armament
321:Capacity
124:Launched
79:Operator
69:Namesake
1601:Minerve
1575:9 Oct:
1565:6 Oct:
1555:5 Oct:
1531:Trooper
1430:Eclipse
1413:Taranto
1379:Tivives
1265:Bristol
1224:Panther
1213:9 Oct:
1178:8 Oct:
1160:7 Oct:
1150:6 Oct:
1137:LST-448
1133:5 Oct:
1105:4 Oct:
1098:Usurper
1087:3 Oct:
1077:1 Oct:
591:Pelican
583:US Navy
527:ballast
431:by the
393:AA guns
225:Tonnage
89:Builder
40:History
1611:Adrias
1518:Dorado
1372:Murphy
1344:Sinfra
1316:Michel
1153:Yūgumo
1091:Henley
988:
966:
947:
551:Boston
499:Ceylon
497:, and
389:2–8 ×
347:21–40
341:38–62
236:Length
1568:I-183
1558:Ro-40
1537:U-420
1507:U-732
1501:U-584
1495:U-306
1485:U-282
1469:U-220
1449:U-566
1419:U-274
1385:U-431
1354:U-378
1334:U-841
1328:U-631
1322:U-540
1306:U-964
1300:U-844
1294:U-533
1288:U-470
1271:U-402
1248:Wahoo
1235:Hythe
1200:U-643
1194:U-610
1188:U-419
1182:Orkan
1126:U-460
1120:U-422
1114:U-389
1108:U-279
529:with
495:India
349:USNAG
306:knots
304:11.5
301:Speed
271:Draft
1650:1944
1642:1943
1634:1942
1217:Buck
1180:ORP
1171:S-44
986:ISBN
964:ISBN
945:ISBN
876:2017
845:2018
793:2017
754:2017
593:and
459:was
343:USMM
310:km/h
291:1 ×
284:1 ×
263:Beam
185:Fate
148:KHKT
100:Cost
59:Name
453:USD
409:112
402:SS
314:mph
255:lwl
30:SS
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1582:,
1534:,
1527:,
1521:,
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1472:,
1446:,
1440:,
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