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USAT Sea Cat

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 Cat a Maritime Commission type (C3-S-A2) cargo ship under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 278) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., South San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered, 25 August 1943, to the War Shipping Administration and allocated to the War Department as a bare bottom charter
  • Commissioned USAT Sea Cat in August 1943
  • Converted to a troopship by the US Army San Francisco Port of Embarkation Marine Repair Shop, October 1943 to February 1944
  • During World War II USAT Sea Cat was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Returned, 30 September 1946, to the War Shipping Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Sold, 11 March 1949, to Luckenbach Steam Ship Co., renamed SS Lena Luckenbach
  • Sold, 10 April 1961, to Luckenbach Overseas Corp.,
  • Renamed, 1 April 1968 SS Overseas Lena,
  • Sold, 1 April 1968, to Overseas Carriers Corp.
  • Renamed, 4 April 1969, SS Overseas Eva
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 February 1971, to Dah Yung Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
    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
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    USAT Sea Cat 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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