T/S McKeesport
- Call sign
- KEXB
- Shipping company
- Nationality
USA- Home port
Shipyard
- Name
- Build year
- 1919
- Yard number
- 9
- Month of delivery
- April
Other
- Participant in WW2
- Torpedoed, 29.4.1943
- Civilian ship
Tonnage
- Gross tonnage:
- 6.198
- Net tonnage:
- 3.828
Engine
Dimensions
- Length:
- 395.5'
- Beam:
- 55.0'
- Draft:
- 31.4'
HISTORIKK:
v/H. Larsson-Fedde.LIBERTY SKIP: Type EC2-S-CI
4/1919: United States Shipping Board, Kearney,N.J., USA - MCKEESPORT
/1921: United States Shipping Board, Newark, USA - MCKEESPORT
/1937: United States Maritime Commission, Newark, USA - MCKEESPORT
4/1943: Torpedert og senket 29/4-1943 av tysk ubåt U 258 (Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm von Mässenhausen) i pos. N 60.52', W 34.20'på reise Liverpool til New York i konvoi ONS-5 i ballast. 67 personer reddet, 1 person omkom.
Se også:
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2888.htmlShipwreck location
Latitude: 60.8667
Longitude: -34.333
