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USAT Sea Barb

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

Laid down in August 1943 as SS Sea Barb a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) cargo ship under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 277) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., South San Francisco, CA.

Launched in 1943

Delivered, 6 August 1943, to the War Shipping Administration and allocated to the War Department as a bare bottom charter

Converted to a troopship by the US Army San Francisco Port of Embarkation Marine Repair Shop, completed in December 1943

Commissioned USAT Sea Barb in December 1943

During World War II USAT Sea Barb was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Returned, 28 October 1946, to the War Shipping Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Delivered, 22 April 1948, to Luckenbach Steam Ship Co. under a General Agency Agreement

Sold, 1 March 1949, to Luckenbach Steam Ship Co., renamed SS F.J. Luckenbach

Sold, 1 November 1960, to Pope & Talbot Inc.

Renamed, 9 November 1960, SS P & T Seafarer

Sold, 13 November 1963, to American-Foreign Steamship Co., renamed SS American Hawk

SS American Hawk was limpet mined at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam in June 1971 and beached

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping,7 October 1971, to Leung Yau Ship-Breaking Co., Hong Kong

Specifications:
Displacement 8,266 gross t.
Length 492'
Beam 69'6"
Draft 28'6"
Speed 18.5 kts

Complement

Officers unknown

Enlisted unknown

Passenger Capacity 2,811

Cargo Capacity 187,900 cu ft

Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.

Armament unknown

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 8,510 Bbls

Diesel 750 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric geared turbine

two Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, 465psi 750°

double General Electric Main Reduction Gears

three turbo-drive 250Kw 240V D.C.

single propeller, 8,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USAT Sea Barb
301302703	112k	Cartoon drawing, Troop Transport Staff. WikiTree - Lt. Col. Thomas Cleland (Cleland) "Clee" Hunt, US Army, Sea Barb Troop Transport Commander	Tommy Trampp
301302704	332k	USAT Sea Barb Commanding Officer; Transport Chaplain; LT.Col Hunt, Troop Transport Commander; Transport Surgeon. date and location unknown. Wikitree - Lt. Col. Thomas Cleland (Cleland) "Clee" Hunt US Army, Sea Barb Troop Transport Commander	Tommy Trampp
301302705	403k	USAT Sea Barb Troop Transport staff?, date and location unknown. Wikitree - Lt. Col. Thomas Cleland (Cleland) "Clee" Hunt US Army, Sea Barb Troop Transport Commander	Tommy Trampp
301302708	109k	USAT Sea Barb Magic Carpet voyage arriving with troops from Manila, Philippine Islands., 11 August 1946, at the U.S. Army Port of Embarkation, San Francisco, CA. 30132708- Flickr - State Archives of North Carolina 30132702 Strand Photos, San Francisco, Souvenir picture of the Pacific.	301302708-John Spivey 30132702-Tommy Trampp
301302702	112k		301302708-John Spivey 30132702-Tommy Trampp
301302706	170k	Domain of Neptunus Rex Certificate issued to PFC Walter T. Stoddard for crossing the equator, 18 December 1943, while embarked in USAT Sea Barb. Ebay	Tommy Trampp
Merchant Service Luckenbach Steamship Co..
301302701	215k	Ex-USAT Sea Barb at anchor while in Luckenbach Steamship Co. colors as SS F.J. Luckenbach, circa March 1949 to November 1960, location unknown. Photo ©foreign.	Gerhard Mueller-Debus
301302709	96k	Two freighters unloading at deepwater piers, Danang, South Vietnam, 26 Ocotber 1966. On the right SS American Hawk (Ex-USAT Sea Barb) and on the left possibly SS Columbia Eagle. Photo from www.picryl.com by U.S. Navy>	John Spivey
301302707	98k	American-Foreign Steamship Co. freighter SS American Hawk after being limpet mined and beached at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam in June 1971 Photo from www.vietnamwarera.tumblr.com	John Spivey

USAT Sea Barb 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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