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USAT Don Esteban

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Defense Medal

Transport:

Built in 1936 as MV Don Esteban at Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft A. G., Kiel, Germany for the inter-island passenger service of the De La Rama Steamship Company in Philippine waters

Launched in 1936

Delivered in 1936, to the De La Rama Steamship Co.

Bare bottom chartered, 25 October 1941, by the US Army

Final Disposition, lost off Mindoro, 2 March 1942

Specifications:
Displacement 1,616 gross tons
Length 287'
Beam 37'
Draft 18'
Speed 16 kts.

Complement

Officers unknown

Enlisted, unknown

Passenger Capacity, unknown

Cargo Capacity unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

two 8-cyl Diesel engines

single shaft 3,500shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
301303502	44k	Post card image of De La Rama Lines inter island steamer SS Don Esteban underway, date and location unknown. Photo from Dimas Almada, Wikipedia	Wikipedia
301303503	134k	Inter-Island steamer SS Don Esteban, docked, Pasig River, Manila 1938. Photo from Flickr.com by Paul Eric Darvin	John Spivey
	112k	SS Don Esteban at anchor, circa 1941 in Philippine waters. Australian War Museum photo # 303203	Wikipedia

USAT Don Esteban
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