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USAT Gatun

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Transport:

Laid down in 1925 as the refrigerated cargo ship SS Gatun at Workman Clark, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Launched in 1925

Delivered in 1925 to Vaccaro Brothers & Co. flagged Honduras

Acquired, 28 May 1942, by the War Shipping Administration at New Orleans, LA. from Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.

Assigned, 28 May 1942, to Standard Fruit & Steamship Co., under a General Agency Agreement

Allocated, sub bare bottom charter, to the War Department, at New Orleans, LA., 7 April 1943

Assigned, 29 January 1946, to Standard Fruit & Steamship Co., under a General Agency Agreement

Redelivered, 4 July 1946, at Tampa, FL. to Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.

Laid up in 1958

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1960

Specifications:
Displacement 3,362 gross tons
Length 316'
Beam 45'
Draft 32'
Speed unknown

Complement

Officers unknown

Enlisted, unknown

Cargo Capacity unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

one reciprocating steam engine

single shaft, 3,100shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
Merchant Service Vaccaro Brothers
301303701	73k	SS Gatun underway in the colors of Vaccaro Brothers, date and location unknown. Airline Timetable Images		John Spivey

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