 Sea Witch 5 August 1941 in Australian Waters
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sea Witch |
| Owner | United States Maritime Commission |
| Operator | United States Lines[1] |
| Port of registry |  New York |
| Builder | Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Tampa, Florida[1][2] |
| Completed | July 1940[2] |
| Acquired | delivered 30 July 1940 |
| Maiden voyage | 15 August 1940 from New York |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Maritime Commission type C2 cargo[2][4] |
| Tonnage | 6,021 GRT, 3,559 NRT[1] |
| Length | 438 ft 3 in (133.6 m)[1] |
| Beam | 63 ft 2 in (19.3 m)[1] |
| Draft | 27 ft 5 in (8.4 m)[1] |
| Installed power | 2 300kw Westinghouse direct current generators driven by 2 direct-connected 6-cylinder 450hp Superior diesel engines.[5] |
| Propulsion | 2 × 9 cyl. Nordberg diesel engines each with 3155 brake horsepower at 225 rpm geared to 1 shaft[1][4][5] |
| Speed | 16[5] |
| Crew | 41[5] |
MS Sea Witch[note 1] was a United States Maritime Commission type C2 cargo ship, the first of four pre-war hulls, built by Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Tampa, Florida and delivered in July 1940.[2] The ship was of the basic C2 design, rather than the more numerous C2-S, C2-S-A1, C2-S-B1 types and four C2-T hulls delivered December 1941 through March 1942.[6] Sea Witch was one of the relatively few C2 types built with diesel engines.[6][7][8]
- ^ a b c d e f g Lloyd's 1944.
- ^ a b c d Colton 2013.
- ^ a b Merchant Vessels of the United States 1942, p. 271.
- ^ a b Grover 1987, p. 19.
- ^ a b c d Pacific Marine Review & 1940 (September), pp. 46–49.
- ^ a b Colton 2010.
- ^ Krüger-Kopiske 2007.
- ^ American Merchant Marine at War.
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