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USAT Mokatam

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
cargo ship :
  • Laid down 1906, as the cargo ship SS Mar Glauco at William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England
  • Launched 1906
  • Delivered in 1906 to Astral Shipping Co. (Joseph Chadwick & Sons) Liverpool renamed SS Drumcondra
  • Sold in 1913 to Possehl & Co., Lubeck, Germany, renamed SS Lubeck, reflagged Germany
  • Sold in 1915 to Nordisches Erkzontor GmbH, Stettin, Germany
  • Turned over in 1919 to The Shipping Controller (Turner, Brightman & Co.) London, reflagged Great Britain
  • Sold in 1921 to Calvert S.S. Co. Ltd. (J.S. Calvert), Goole, England, renamed SS S.E. Calvert, reflagged Great Britain
  • Sold in 1924 to Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vapori, Genoa, renamed SS Aquitania, reflagged Italy
  • Sold in 1927 to M. Maresca, Genoa, renamed SS Mar Glauco
  • Laid up at Philadelphia, June 1940
  • Detained March 1941
  • Requisitioned by the U.S.Government, 9 December 1941
  • Placed under US Maritime Commission control, renamed SS Mokatam, reflagged Panama
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration, 12 September 1941, at Philadelphia under Executive Order dated 6 June 1941
  • Allocated to the War Department Transportation Corp. as a bare bottom charter, 22 April 1943, at Los Angeles, CA.
  • Commissioned USAT Mokatam used for storage at Morotai
  • Damaged by Japanese attack, 27 February 1944, temporary repairs made
  • Decommissioned and returned to the US Maritime Commission for lay up, 4 March 1946, at Stoctkon, N.S.W., Australia
  • Sunk circa 1948
  • Final Disposition, sold to R. Cunningham & H. Sutherland and cut down to tank top at Stockton, as of 16 August 1950 remains beached as landfill at South Arm. Hunter River, N.S.W.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,662 gross tons
    Length 404'
    Beam 52'
    Draft 35'
    Speed unknown
    Armament unknown
    Complement unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one triple expansion reciprocating steam engine
    single shaft, 1,800shp
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    Merchant Service
    Mokatam
    302204202    		 89k SS S.E. Calvert moored pierside, circa 1921-1927, location unknown.
    Shipping of Goole    		 John Spivey
    Merchant Service
    Mokatam
    302204201    		 98k SS Mar Glauco moored pierside, circa 1937-1941, location unknown.
    Photo from Flickr.com by Special Collections    		 John Spivey
    USAT Mokatam
    Mokatam
    302204203    		 122k USAT Mokatam laid up, moored outboard of SS Omaha at STockton, Newcastle, NSW Australia.
    Shipping of Goole    		 John Spivey
    There is no history record for USAT Mokatam available at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    The turret ship Mokotam's long goodbye
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    Last updated 29 November 2024