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USAT Madison

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Transport:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as the coastal passenger liner SS Madison at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Newport News, VA. for Old Dominion Navigation Co.
  • Launched, 8 October 1910
  • Delivered, 31 January 1911, to Old Dominion Navigation Co.
  • Old Dominion Navigation Co. provided daily service between New York and Virginia
  • Sold, date unknown, to Eastern Steamship Lines Inc.
  • Acquired, 23 March 1942, by the War Shipping Administration, as a bare bottom charter
  • Assigned, 23 March 1942, to Eastern Steamship Co., Inc. under a General Agency Agreement
  • Sub bare bottom charter, 11 May 1943, to the War Department, Transportation Corps.
  • Returned, 31 July 1946 to Eastern Steamship Co., Inc., under a General Agency Agreement
  • Redelivered, 8 January 1947, to Eastern Steamship Co., Inc.
  • Sold, date unknown, to Compania Armadora Caribena, S. A. of Panama
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, date unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,734 t.(gross)
    Length 359'
    Beam 42'
    Draft 36'
    Speed unknown
    Complement and Troop Accommodations
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Armament unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    one reciprocating steam engine
    one propeller, 3,500hp
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    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    Merchant Service Old Dominion Line Eastern Steamship Lines
    Madison
    301304701    		 55k SS Madison underway, date and location unknown John Spivey
    Madison
    301304702    		 79k Post Card iamge of SS Madison underway, date and location unknown John Spivey
    Madison
    301304707    		 112k SS Madison outbound, 13 February 1941, location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 MARAD
    Madison
    301304706    		 171k SS Madison outbound, 15 September 1941, location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 MARAD
    Madison
    301304705    		 170k SS Madison inbound, 17 September 1941, location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 MARAD
    Madison
    301304704    		 154k SS Madison inbound, 20 September 1941, location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 MARAD
    Madison
    301304708    		 203k SS Madison underway 16 January 1942, location unknown
    US Coast Guard photo    		 MARAD
    USAT Madison
    Madison
    301304703    		 154k USAT Madison outbound, 25 August 1942, location unknown
    US Coast Guard photo    		 MARAD
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