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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
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    Merchant Service
    Don Esteban
    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
    Don Esteban 112k SS Don Esteban at anchor, circa 1941 in Philippine waters.
    Australian War Museum photo # 303203    		 Wikipedia
    USAT Don Esteban
    History from Wikipedia
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