| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Express |
| Owner | American Export Lines[4] |
| Operator | American Export Lines[4] |
| Port of registry |  New York[1] |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | 1477[3] |
| Launched | 9 March 1940[3] |
| Completed | 18 April 1940[2] |
| Fate | Sunk by I-10, 30 June 1942[4] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Type C3-E ship |
| Tonnage | 6,737 GRT[3] |
| Length | 451 ft 9 in (137.69 m)[1] |
| Beam | 66 ft 2 in (20.17 m)[1] |
| Draft | 28 ft 9 in (8.76 m)[1] |
| Decks | three decks |
| Propulsion | 2 geared steam turbines[1] |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)[3] |
| Crew | 10 officers, 35 sailors, 10 Naval Armed Guardsmen (83 total)[4] |
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SS Express was a Type C3-E cargo ship of American Export Lines that was sunk by I-10 in June 1942 in the Indian Ocean. The ship, built in 1940 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts, was one of eight sister ships built for the United States Maritime Commission on behalf of American Export Lines. Out of a total of 55 men aboard the ship at the time of its torpedoing, 13 were killed; most of the other 42 landed on the coast of Mozambique six days after the sinking.
- ^ a b c d e Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Register of Ships (1941–42 ed.). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Scan of page "EXP–EZI" (pdf) hosted at Plimsoll Ship Data Archived 18 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ Colton, Tim. "Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy MA". Shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "Express (2239422)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ a b c d e Browning, p. 161.