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USAT Brooklyn Heights

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

Freighter:

Built in 1917 as yacht MV Moana by Sodra Varfvets Aktieb, Stockholm, Sweden

Launched in 1918

Delivered 1918

Name changed to MV Stranger, date unknown

Name changed to MV Utowana, date unknown

Name changed to MV Svealand, date unknown

Acquired, date unknown, by the American Motorship Corp., name changed to MV Brooklyn Heights

Turned over to the War Shipping Administration, 22 April 1942, at New York, N.Y. from the American Motorship Corp.

Allocated, 22 April 1942, to the War Department under bare bottom charter from the War Shipping Administration

Delivered, 2 November 1945, to the Maritime Commission National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Sold, date unknown, to Compania Mercante de La Oesta S/A, withdrawn from the reserve fleet, 10 January 1947, renamed MV Colima

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,020 gross tons
Length 221'
Beam 34'
Draft 16'
Speed 8 kts

Complement

Officers unknown

Crew unknown

Armed Guard unknown

Cargo Capacity unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion

two 500hp 4-cyl diesel engines

two propellers, 1,000shp

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