SS Samuel Heintzelman

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NameSamuel Heintzelman
Namesake Samuel Heintzelman
Builder California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles
Yard number134
Laid down27 August 1942
Launched30 September 1942
FateSunk on 9 July 1943 by U-511
General characteristics
Class and typeType EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship
Displacement14,245 long tons (14,474 t) [1]
Length
  • 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a
  • 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p
  • 427 ft (130 m) w/l [1]
Beam57 ft (17 m) [1]
Draft27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) [1]
Propulsion
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) [1]
Range20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Capacity10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT) [1]
Complement42 merchants an 27 US Armed Guards
Crew81 [1]
Armament

SS Samuel Heintzelman (MC hull number 651) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. Named after Samuel Heintzelman, a United States Army general, the ship was laid down by the California Shipbuilding Corporation at Terminal Island in Los Angeles, and launched on 27 August 1942. [2] It was operated by Coastwise Line.

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Samuel Heintzelman was en route from Fremantle, Australia, to Colombo, Ceylon without a convoy, carrying 5,644 tons of ammunition. On 9 July 1943, the ship was torpedoed by a German submarine U-511, causing it to explode and sink. The entire crew of 42 merchants sailors, 27 US Navy Armed Guard members, and six passengers were lost. The ship sank near the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, at 9°S81°E / 9°S 81°E / -9; 81 . It had been scheduled to arrive in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 14 July 1943, before continuing to Karachi, Pakistan and Calcutta, India. [3] [4]

All the missing crew were declared dead on January 7, 1946. Later, Heinz Rehse, a crew member of U-511, reported the date and location of the sinking of the SS Samuel Heintzelman. On September 30, 1943, wreckage from Samuel Heintzelman washed ashore on Diego Garcia Island, an atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Davies, James (2012). "Liberty Cargo Ships" (PDF). ww2ships.com. p. 23. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Kaiser California Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. ↑ wrecksite.eu Samuel Heintzelman
  4. ↑ "Samuel Heintzelman". Uboat. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  5. ↑ armed-guard.com, Sunk
  6. ↑ heintzelman.info, About Samuel Heintzelman
  7. ↑ Samuel Heintzelman Crew
  8. ↑ heintzelman.info, Samuel Heintzelman
  9. ↑ usmm.org killed
  10. ↑ Alton Dalager goes down with the SS Samuel Heintzelman, 1943, March 9, 2009
  11. ↑ "Liberty Ships ("Samuel Heintzelman")". mariners-l.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2012.


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