United States Shipping Board (1920) American Fuel & Transportion Company (1920) United States Shipping Board (1921–1922) Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (1922–1923) Cuban Distilling Company (1923–1942)
Builder
American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia
She was laid down at yard number 1530 at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipyard of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board.[4] She was completed in 1920 and named Carrabulle.[1][5] In 1920, she was purchased by the American Fuel & Transportation Company[1] and converted into a tanker by the Globe Shipbuilding Company in Baltimore[6] with a 344,963 gallon capacity.[3] In 1921, she was returned to the USSB.[1] In 1922, she was purchased by the Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (Baltimore, Maryland).[1] In 1923, she was purchased by the Cuban Distilling Company[1] where she was utilized to transport blackstrap molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining, to the United States where it would be used to produce cattle feed, vinegar and denatured alcohol (in high demand due to Prohibition).
^ abcFifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing vessels, Arranged in Order of Signal Letters. p. 94.
^ abFifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing Merchant Steam Vessels of 500 Gross Tons and Over Fitted For Burning Oil Fuel. p. 462.
McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships, p. 588" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
Marine Review (1921). "1920 Construction Record of U.S. Yards -Carrabulle". The Marine Review. 51 (February). New York: 17 and 97. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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carrabulle, design, 1022, cargo, ship, built, united, states, shipping, board, immediately, after, world, historyunited, statesnamecarrabulleownerunited, states, shipping, board, 1920, american, fuel, transportion, company, 1920, united, states, shipping, boar. SS Carrabulle was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I HistoryUnited StatesNameCarrabulleOwnerUnited States Shipping Board 1920 American Fuel amp Transportion Company 1920 United States Shipping Board 1921 1922 Curtis Bay Copper amp Iron Works 1922 1923 Cuban Distilling Company 1923 1942 BuilderAmerican International Shipbuilding Corporation PhiladelphiaYard number1530 1 Launched16 June 1920CompletedSeptember 1920HomeportBaltimore MarylandIdentificationUS Official Number 220597 1 code letters MBKR 2 FateSunk 26 May 1942General characteristicsTypeDesign 1022 cargo shipTonnage5 030 GRT 2 3 105 NRT 2 7 500 DWT 4 Length390 0 ft 118 9 m Beam54 2 ft 16 5 m Depth27 8 ft 8 5 m Installed powerOil fired steam turbines 4 2500 ihp 5 PropulsionSingle screwSpeed11 5 knots 5 Range9 000 miles 3 Capacity344 963 gallons Contents 1 History 2 Citations 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksHistory editShe was laid down at yard number 1530 at the Philadelphia Pennsylvania shipyard of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board 4 She was completed in 1920 and named Carrabulle 1 5 In 1920 she was purchased by the American Fuel amp Transportation Company 1 and converted into a tanker by the Globe Shipbuilding Company in Baltimore 6 with a 344 963 gallon capacity 3 In 1921 she was returned to the USSB 1 In 1922 she was purchased by the Curtis Bay Copper amp Iron Works Baltimore Maryland 1 In 1923 she was purchased by the Cuban Distilling Company 1 where she was utilized to transport blackstrap molasses a byproduct of sugar refining to the United States where it would be used to produce cattle feed vinegar and denatured alcohol in high demand due to Prohibition On May 26 1942 she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U 106 in the Gulf of Mexico 26 18 N 89 21 W 26 300 N 89 350 W 26 300 89 350 7 22 men were killed and 18 were rescued by the US Type C1 B freighter Thompson Lykes 7 Citations edit a b c d e f g McKellar p Part II 589 a b c Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States Seagoing vessels Arranged in Order of Signal Letters p 94 a b Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States Seagoing Merchant Steam Vessels of 500 Gross Tons and Over Fitted For Burning Oil Fuel p 462 a b c McKellar p Part II 588 a b c Marine Review 1921 p 97 Marine Review 1921 p 17 a b Cressman Robert 2000 The Official Chronology of the U S Navy in World War II 2016 ISBN 9781557501493 References edit 1930 1931 Carrabulle PDF Lloyd s Register of Ships 1930 Bibliography editMcKellar Norman L Steel Shipbuilding under the U S Shipping Board 1917 1921 Part II Contract Steel Ships p 588 PDF Steel Shipbuilding under the U S Shipping Board 1917 1921 ShipScribe Retrieved 1 May 2014 Marine Review 1921 1920 Construction Record of U S Yards Carrabulle The Marine Review 51 February New York 17 and 97 Retrieved 27 March 2021 External links editEFC Design 1022 Illustrations nbsp This article about a type of ship or boat is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Carrabulle amp oldid 1169778264, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
