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USAT Coventry

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freighter:
  • Laid down in 1903 as the Cargo ship SS Ulidia at J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields, England
  • Launched, 10 September, 1903
  • Completed in November 1903 and delivered to Mercantile Steamship Co of Ulster Ltd. (J Fisher & Sons), Newry
  • Acquired in 1916 by Cliffe Steamship Co Ltd (GT Readhead & Co), Newcastle
  • Wrecked, 6 September 1917, at Soroka in the White Sea while loading timber for the UK. Later salvaged and repaired
  • Acquired in 1920 by D/S A/S Skaraas (Christen K Gran), Bergen, Norway, renamed Skaraas, reflagged Norway
  • Acquired in 1923 by A/S Phoenix (Johan Erland), Bergen, Norway
  • Acquired in 1927 by Skibs A/S Nanset (Iver Bugge), Larvik, Norway
  • Acquired in 1935 by Hwah Sung Steamship Co Ltd, Shanghai; renamed Hwah Jang, reflagged Panama
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration as a bare bottom charter in 1940, from Alaska SS Co.
  • Delivered to the War Department, as a sub bare bottom charter in 1940
  • Commissioned USAT Coventry in 1940
  • Ran aground off Cuba in May 1945, refloated and laid up from 29 May 1945
  • Retired from US Army service, circa 1945
  • Returned about 24 March 1946 to Hwah Sung Steamship Co Ltd, Shanghai, renamed Hwah Jang
  • Final Disposition, stranded, 11 June 1948, on Piting Rock near Shanghai at 29.53N - 122.31E On a voyage from Keelung to Shanghai with a cargo of coal. Later sank
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,492 gross tons
    Length 323'
    Beam 47'
    Draft 25'
    Speed unknown
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted, unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    Two Triple expansion steam engine
    Two shafts
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    Merchant Service
    Coventry
    302202401     		58k Painting of SS Ulidia underway, date and location unknown.
    Tyne Built Ships, ©Sean Patterson    		 John Spivey
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    Last Updated 18 November 2022