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USAT Octorara

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Great Lakes Passenger Steamer:

Laid down, date unknown, at Detroit Ship Building Co., Wyandotte, MI.

Designed primarily for the 2,952 mile Great Lakes run from Buffalo to Duluth and back, with a stop at Chicago

Launched, date unknown

Delivered in 1910 to Erie & Western Transportation Co. Anchor Line

Sold in 1916 to Great Lakes Transit Co.

Laid up in 1936 after passenger operations were ceased by Great Lakes Transit Co.

Purchased by the War Shipping Administration, 27 July 1942, at Buffalo, N.Y. from Sand Products Co.

Allocated, 28 July 1942, to the US Coast Guard for use as a Barracks Ship

Re-allocated to to the War Department, US Army Quartermasters Corp. as a bare bottom charter, 30 January 1943

Rebuilt at New Orleans, LA. in 1944, as an intermediate transport (4,888 t. gross - 2,265 t. net)

Commissioned USAT Octorara, date unknown

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Service, for service in the Southwest Pacific Area after the war as an inter-island steamer

Decommissioned, date unknown

Delivered to the US Maritime Commission Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA, 20 July 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping to Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp, 28 February 1952 (PDX-509) for $114.063

Specifications:
Displacement 4,329 t. (gross) 2,652 t. (net)
Length 340'
Beam 45'
Draft 28'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Propulsion

one reciprocating steam engine

single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service
301308703	125k	*Octorara* launching party at Detroit Ship Building Co., Wyandotte, MI. in 1910. Detroit Publishing Co. photograph collection - U.S. Library of Congress Digital Id det 4a16133 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a16133	U.S Library of Congress
301308704	130k	*Octorara* launching at Detroit Ship Building Co., Wyandotte, MI. in 1910. Detroit Publishing Co. photograph collection - U.S. Library of Congress Digital Id det 4a16134 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a16134	U.S Library of Congress
301308702	53k	SS Octorara underway, 23 April 1910, during builders trials on the Great Lakes in 1910. Detroit Publishing Co. photograph collection - 301308702 - U.S. Library of Congress Digital Id det 4a16137 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a16137 and 301308705 - U.S. Library of Congress Digital Id det 4a16136 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a16136	301308702 - John Spivey 301308705 - Library of Congress
301308705	97k		301308702 - John Spivey 301308705 - Library of Congress
301308706	109k	Great Lakes Transportation Co. steamer SS Octorara underway on the Great Lakes, crica 1910-1936 Detroit Publishing Co. photograph collection - U.S. Library of Congress Digital Id det 4a27762 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/det.4a27762	U.S Library of Congress
301308701	58k	Great Lakes Transportation Co. steamer SS Octorara underway on the Great Lakes in 1924. Bowling Green State University - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
301308707	76k	Great Lakes Transportation Co. steamer SS Octorara underway on the Great Lakes, circa 1910-1936. Postcard from New York Public Library Digital Collections	John Spivey

There is no history available for USAT Octorara at NavSource

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