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USAT Yarmouth

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Transport:
  • Built in 1926 as the Passenger/Cargo ship SS Yarmouth by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co., PA. for Nova Scotia Steamship Co.
  • Launched in 1927
  • Delivered in September 1927, to Eastern Steamship Lines Inc.
  • SS Yarmouth operated the Boston – Yarmouth, Nova Scotia service for the Eastern Steamship Lines until World War II
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration, 9 May 1942, from Eastern Steamship Lines as a bare bottom charter
  • Assigned, 29 May 1942, to Eastern Steamship Lines under a General Agency Agreement
  • Sub bare bottom charter, 28 July 1942, by the War Department Transportatin Corps. from the War Shipping Administration
  • Assigned, 12 February 1946, to Eastern Steamship Lines under a General Agency Agreement
  • Redelivered, 1 July 1946, to Eastern Steamship Lines
  • Sold in April 1954 to E. Lester Fraser, operating as McCormick Shipping Corporation and later as Eastern Shipping Corporation, reflagged Liberian
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1979
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,043 gross tons
    Length 365'
    Beam 56
    Draft unknown
    Speed 18 kts
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Crew unknown
    Armed Guard unknown
    Troopship/Passenger Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    USAT Yarmouth
    Yarmouth
    301305705    		 145k
    Namesake
    Yarmouth a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada noted for it's fishing industry and tourism.
    Photo - Yarmouth harbor, Marinas.com
    Map - Yarmouth (Nova Scotia) Weather Forecast    		 Tommy Trampp
    Yarmouth 80k USAT Yarmouth moored pierside, date and location unknown.  
    Merchant Service Eastern Steamship Lines
    Yarmouth 149k SS Yarmouth under way, pre-World War II, date and location unknown  
    Yarmouth
    301305704    		 97k Eastern Steamship Line steamer SS Yarmouth underway. running between Yarmouth and Boston. In this picture she is bringing anglers and Tuna Cup Match officials to Town of Yarmouth in 1950. John Spivey
    Yarmouth 84k SS Yarmouth Moored pierside at Seattle, Wa., 1962  
    USAT Yarmouth history is from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, Published by The Army Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 1947
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    Last Updated 9 February 2024