MS Cape Flattery (1940)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Cape Flattery (AK-5070).
History
NameCape Flattery
NamesakeCape Flattery, Washington
OwnerUnited States Maritime Commission
OperatorAmerican Mail Line (for WSA)
BuilderSeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington
Yard number2
Laid down15 April 1940
Launched28 September 1940
Completed29 May 1941
In service1941
Out of service1946
IdentificationU.S. Official Number: 240634
FateScrapped Valencia, Spain 1971
General characteristics [1][2][3][note 1]
TypeM.C. Type C1-B
Tonnage
Displacement12,875 to deep load line[1]
Length
Beam60 ft 1 in (18.3 m)[2][3]
Draft27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) deep load[1]
Depth23 ft 8 in (7.2 m)[2][3]
Decks3
Propulsion2 × 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) diesel, 1 screw[1][3]
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)[1]
Capacity
  • 7,262 tons cargo
  • 440,606 cu ft (12,476.6 m3) bale[1]
Crew
Notes5 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.

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