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Sold, date unknown, to Compania Mercante de La Oesta S/A, withdrawn from the reserve fleet, 10 January 1947, renamed MV Colima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