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USAT Imperial

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
Transport:
  • Laid down in 1937-38, as SS Imperial at Nakskov Skibs A/S, Nakskov, Denmark
  • Launched in 1938
  • Delivered in 1938
  • Sold, date unknown, to Compania Sud Americana de Vapores, reflagged Chile
  • Purchased, 30 August 1943, by the War Shipping Administration from Compania Sud Americana de Vapores and assigned to the War Department, Transportation Corps. the same day
  • Delivered in September 1943 to Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Plant for conversion to a US Army troopship
  • Commissioned USAT Imperial in April 1944
  • During World War II USAT Imperial was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, 31 January 1946, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Sold, 14 August 1947, to the government of Turkey, delivered, 12 June 1948
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,279 t.(gross)
    Length 441'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 22'
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement and Troop Accommodations
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    one 5-cyl Diesel engine
    single propeller
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    Imperial
    301304201    		 57k Compania Sud Americana de Vapores passenger steamer SS Imperial underway, circa 1938-43.
    Cruise Line History.com    		 John Spivey
    USAT Imperial 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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