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USAT Lake Ormoc

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freighter:
  • Laid down in 1918 as the cargo ship MV Lake Ormoc for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) at Detroit Shipbuilding, Wyandotte, MI.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed and delivered to the United States Shipping Board in 1918
  • Acquired by the Ford Motor Co., date unknown
  • Acquired, 27 May 1942, by the War Shipping Administration from the Ford Motor Co. at New Orleans, LA.
  • Operated as a time charter by Ford Motor Co. from 27 May 1942 to 17 December 1942
  • Allocated, 17 December 1942, as a sub bare bottom charter to the War Department, Transportation Corp. at Baltimore, MD.
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 10 May 1946
  • Allocated, 10 May 1946, under a General Agency Agreement to Prudential Steamship Co., at New York, N.Y.
  • Redelivered, 2 July 1946, to the Ford Motor Co.
  • Sold, 18 July 1947, to Wingardh W. - Rederiaktiebolaget Neptunus, renamed MV Signefjord, reflagged Sweden
  • Resold in 1949 to ,Ottavio Assante di Cupillo, Naples, Italy, renamed MV Gunny, reflagged Italy
  • Final Disposition, wrecked, 22 December 1962, on voyage from Casablanca to Venice with a cargo of phosphates, ran aground and sank in heavy weather off Capo Rizzuto.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,380 gross tons
    Length 251'
    Beam 44'
    Draft 24'
    Speed unknown
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted, unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one 6-cyl diesel engine
    single shaft, 1,000shp
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    Lake Ormoc
    302203603    		 111k MV Lake Ormoc, with flags, tied up to a pier at Detroit, MI., date unknown.
    Photo from www.flickr.com by Sangue    		 John Spivey
    Lake Ormoc 46k MV Lake Ormoc moored pierside, date and location unknown. Bowling Green University - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Lake Ormoc 48k MV Lake Ormoc being towed by tug Santorem, Fordlandis, Brazil, 1 April 1930. Bowling Green University - Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
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