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Lost to enemy action, 6 June 1944

USAT Pillory
ex
 USAT Jonna (1941 - 1944)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Cargo Ship :
  • Laid down in 1933, as the cargo ship SS Jonna at Nakskov Skibsvaerft A/S, Nakskov, Denmark, for A/S D/S Vesterhavet (J. Lauritzen), Esbjerg
  • Launched in 1933
  • Delivered in December 1933
  • Laid up at New York, N.Y. in April 1940
  • Acquired under Public Law 101 by the War Shipping Administration, 16 June 1941, at New York City from the Danish Government by Executive Order
  • Allocated, 5 August 1941, to the War Department Transportation Corp. as a bare bottom charter
  • Acquired, 17 March 1942, under a General Agency Agreement by the Marine Operating Co. Inc. at New York
  • Allocated, 19 August 1942, to Stockard S.S. Co. under a General Agency Agreement
  • Allocated, 8 February 1944, to Danish Ship Operating Co. at New York. renamed USAT Pillory, reflagged Panama
  • Torpedoed, 5 June 1944, by U-539 off Puerto Rico sunk 6 June, with only twenty one survivors, the master, 20 crew members and four armed guard were lost
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,517 gross tons
    Length 272'
    Beam 40'
    Draft 15'
    Speed 12 kts
    Armament unknown
    Complement
    merchant seamen, 37
    US Navy Armed Guard 10
    Troopship Passenger Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    one triple expansion reciprocating steam engine
    single shaft
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    Merchant Service
    Pillory
    302204901    		 32k SS Jonna underway, date and location unknown.
    Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart, Germany    		 John Spivey
    USAT Pillory
    U-Boat.Net
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