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USAT Cristobal

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Transport:
  • Built in 1939 as the Passenger/Cargo ship MV Cristobal for the Panama Canal R.R. Co. at Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, in 1939
  • Delivered, 11 August 1939 to the Panama Canal R.R. Co.
  • Custody transferred to the War Department, 7 January 1942
  • Altered for troopship service at Atlantic Basin Iron Works and Bethlehem Steel at New York in January 1942
  • Outside of one voyage to Australia USAT Cristobal's entire military service was between the United States and Europe
  • Re-delivered, 14 June 1946 to the Panama Canal R.R. Co.
  • Sold for scrapping, 10 November 1981, to Consolidated Andy Inc., Brownsville, TX. (PD-X-1041) for $205,140.00, scrapped in the Spring of 1983
    Specifications:
    Displacement 10,021 gross tons
    Length 493'6"
    Beam 64'
    Draft 26'7"
    Speed 17 kts
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Crew unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity 1,768
    Cargo Capacity 42,900 cu ft
    Cruise Radius 8,075 nm
    Propulsion
    two Diesel engines
    twin shafts
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    Merchant Service Pre and Post World War II Panama Railroad Line
    Cristobal
    301301506    		 667k SS Cristobal Maiden Voyage Postal Cover, 27 August 1939.  
    Cristobal 85k Pen and ink drawing of MV Cristobal under way.  
    Cristobal 197k MV Cristobal moored pierside at Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, date unknown.  
    Cristobal
    301301507    		 144k MV Cristobal gets underway for her final voyage in September 1981.  
    Cristobal 45k Photo celebrating MV Cristobal's 43 years of service  
    USAT Cristobal
    Cristobal 53k USAT Cristobal under way, date and location unknown.  
    Cristobal 63k Free doughnuts and coffee are enjoyed by servicemen Max Garber, Landsman, Jim Pike, O'Neil and Tasso before embarking in USAT Cristobal at Le Harve, France, 23 June 1945.
    www.flickriver.com by photolibrarian     		John Apicwy
    USAT Cristobal 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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