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USAT Julius H. Barnes

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freighter:
  • Built in in 1940 as MV Abocol for the Great Lakes-New York State Barge Canal trade for the Erie and St Lawrence Corp., at Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydock, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed and delivered to the Erie and St. Lawrence Corp. in 1940
  • Acquired,14 July 1944, by the War Shipping Administration
  • Operated as a Time Charter by Erie and St. Lawrence Corp. from 2 July 1942 to 23 December 1943
  • Allocated to the War Department, commissioned USAT Julius H. Barnes and operated as a Bare Bottom Charter by Erie and St. Lawrence Corp. for the US Army Transportation Corp. from 23 December 1943 to 18 March 1946
  • Returned to Eire and St. Lawrence Corp., 13 March 1946
  • Sold in 1954 to Powerbarge Corp. name retained
  • Sold in December 1956 to Toth Motorship Inc., name retained
  • Sold in 1963 to Barnar Marine Co., rename MV Abocol, reflagged United Kingdom
  • Ran aground at entrance to Cartagena, Spain, on November 17, 1973, inbound from Tampa, FL.
  • Re-floated and arrived at New Orleans, LA, 24 February 1974, where she was converted to a barge
  • Later examination showed her to be a constructive total loss. Vessel and subsequently laid up
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,633 gross tons
    Length 241'
    Beam 42'
    Draft 18'
    Speed unknown
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted, unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    two 5-cyl Fairbanks Morse Diesel Engines
    two shafts, 900shp
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    Julius H. Barnes
    302203401    		 41k SS Julius H. Barnes moored pierside circa 1946-63, location unknown.
    Green Bay State University - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes    		  
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