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Illinois

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Oil Tanker:
  • Built by Texas Steamship Co. Bath, ME (YN 31)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 11 June 1921
  • Completed for the Texas Co., Port Arthur, TX, as tanker Illinois (ON 221400), 02 July 1921
  • Acquired by the WSA (War Shipping Administration), 21 February 1942
  • Time chartered to Texas Co. same day
  • Bare bottom chartered to the US Army Transportation Corps, 1943
  • Returned to The Texas Co, date unknown
  • Stranded on Morris Reef, Chatham Straits, 13 November 1945
  • Ripped out bottom and lost cargo of 10,000 barrels of aviation gasoline
  • Towed to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 05 December 1945
  • Declared a total loss, 11 December 1945
  • Sold to Pacific Drydock Co., Ltd., 09 April 1946
  • Registered to Burcross Shipping Co., Amapala, Honduras, and renamed Burcross, 1947
  • Sold to Liberian Shipping, Inc., Monrovia, renamed Rodestar, 1950
  • Sold to Cia Naviera Cistanera SA, Panama, 1951
  • Final disposition, arrived for breaking up by Clayton & Davie, Ltd., Dunston, England, 04 February 1955
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,448 gross tons
    Length 417'
    Beam 56'
    Draft 33'
    Speed 10 knots
    Complement
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one reciprocating steam engine
    one screw, 3,000shp
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    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Source
    Illinois
    302020103    		 70k As Illinois prewar, date and location unknown.
    Williamson's Marine Photo Shop, Seattle, WA    		 Dave Wright
    Illinois
    302020101    		 82k As Illinois, date and location unknown.
    Photo via kombuispraat.com    		 John Spivey
    Illinois
    302020102    		 110k Underway as Rodestar, location unknown, circa 1950.
    Photo via kombuispraat.com    		 John Spivey
    There is no history record available for Illinois at NavSource
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    Last Updated 18 February 2022