SS Capillo

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Flag of the United States.svg United States
NameCapillo
Owner United States Shipping Board (1920–1921)
Pioneer Steamship Company (1921–1922)
United States Shipping Board (1922–1941)
[1]
Builder American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia [1]
Yard number1523 [1]
Launched26 March 1920
Completed1920
Identification
FateBombed and abandoned, 8 December 1941
scuttled, 11 December 1941
destroyed 29 December 1941
General characteristics
Type Design 1022 cargo ship
Tonnage7,500 dwt
Length390 ft (120 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Draft27 ft 5 in (8.36 m)
Installed powerOil-fired steam turbines
PropulsionSingle screw

SSCapillo was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

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History

She was laid down at yard number 1523 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. [1] She was completed in 1920 and named the SS Capillo. [1] [4] In 1921, she was purchased by the Pioneer Steamship Company, Philadelphia. [1] In 1922, she was returned to the United States Shipping Board. [1]

The Japanese commenced near simultaneous attacks against U.S. forces in the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, and Pearl Harbor; and against British and allied forces in Singapore and Hong Kong. On 8 December 1941, Japanese planes tasked with attacking shipping in Manila Bay, bombed and set her ablaze; she was then abandoned. [5] On 11 December 1941, she was partially scuttled by a U.S. Army demolition party off Corregidor. [6] On 29 December 1941, Japanese planes from the Takao Kokutai and the 1st Kokutai bombed Corregidor for the first time, setting her hulk ablaze. [7] The Philippine freighter Don Jose is also set on fire; the presidential yacht BRP Banahaw (ex-Casania) is sunk; and the steamship Bicol and motor vessel Aloha are both scuttled. [8] Six members of her crew were sent to Japanese POW camps. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McKellar, p. Part II, 588.
  2. "1930-1931 Capillo" (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Ships. 1930.
  3. Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing vessels, Arranged in Order of Signal Letters. p. 90.
  4. Marine Review 1921, p. 97.
  5. Cressman, Robert J. (15 October 2016). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Naval Institute Press. p. 122. ISBN   978-1591146384.
  6. Cressman, p.125
  7. Cressman, p.135-136
  8. Cressman, p.135-136
  9. "American Merchant Ships Sunk in WWII". armed-guard.com. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

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