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USAT Cefalu

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Transport:

Laid down in 1930 as the refrigerated cargo ship SS Cefalu at Workman Clark, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Launched in 1930

Delivered in 1930 to Vaccaro Brothers & Co. flagged Honduras

Acquired, 19 May 1942, by the War Shipping Administration at New Orleans, LA. from Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.

Allocated, sub bare bottom charter, to the War Department, at New York, N.Y., 24 July 1943

Redelivered, 29 December 1945, at New Orleans to Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.

Specifications:
Displacement 5,228 gross tons
Length 381'
Beam 53'
Draft 30'
Speed 16 kts.

Complement

Officers unknown

Enlisted, unknown

Cargo Capacity refrigerated 327,886 cu ft.

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

one 4-cyl steam engine

single shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
301301102	66k	Vaccaro Brothers & Co. refrigerated cargo ship SS Cefalu at anchor, circa 1930, location unknown. Cefalutana Society	John Spivey
	63k	Oil on canvas portrait of Vaccaro Brothers & Co. refrigerated cargo ship SS Cefalu at Deire St. Wharf in New Orleans, January 1957. Painted by Joseph Wilhelm (1920-2003)	Photo ©J. Russell Jinishian Gallery Inc.

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