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USAT C.T. Jaffray

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freighter:
  • Built in 1902 as laker SS Muncy by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, MI.
  • Launched in 1902
  • Delivered 1902 to Eire and Western Transit Co.
  • Rebuilt in 1924, tonnage change (4055 gross - 3137 net)
  • Name changed to SS C.T. Jaffray, date unknown
  • SS C.T. Jaffray operated in the freight trade on the upper lakes when owned by Erie and Transit Co. of Erie, PA.
  • Purchased in 1916 by the Great Lakes Transit Corp. of Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration, 27 July 1942, at Chicago, IL. from the Great Lakes Transit Corp.
  • Allocated, 12 February 1943, to the War Department at Galveston, TX. under bare bottom charter
  • Rebuild for ocean service by Todd Galveston Dry Docks, Inc., Galveston, TX. in 1943 tonnage change (4163 gross - 3083 net)
  • Delivered, 13 March 1946, to the Maritime Commission National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Redelivered, 25 April 1947, to Overlakes Freight Corp, of New York pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 305
  • Withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 22 November 1947
  • Sold, 2 March 1948, to Rederiaktiebolaget Roslagen (Nordstrom & Thulin A/B, Mgrs.), reflagged Sweden, renamed SS Roslagen
  • Rebuilt in 1951, tonnage change (4082 gross - 2953 net)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in the Spring of 1960
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,163 gross tons
    Length 358'
    Beam 46'
    Draft 39'
    Speed unknown
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Crew unknown
    Armed Guard unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one reciprocating steam engine
    one propellers, 1,700shp
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    C.J. Jaffray
    302201002    		 44k SS Muncy underway on the Great Lakes, date unknown.
    Historical Collections of the Great Lakes Bowling Green State University    		 John Spivey
    C.J. Jaffray
    302201001    		 28k SS C.T. Jaffray underway on the Great Lakes, date unknown. John Spivey
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