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SS Bopple (S-147)


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


Freighter:
  • Built in 1911 as the steel hulled island trader SS Bopple
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered date unknown
  • Acquired, date unknown
  • Bopple (S-147) was assigned to the US Army Small Ship Section Southwest-Pacific Area during World War II
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 267 tons
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed 6 kts
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Crew unknown
    Troopship Passenger Capacity unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion coal buring steam engine
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    Size Image Description Source
    Bopple (S-147)
    Bopple
    3034002001
    89k Bopple (S-147) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    ABC.net.au
    Bopple
    3034002002
    47k Bopple (S-147) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Australian War Museum
    Bopple
    3034002003
    67k Bopple (S-147) moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Australian War Museum

    There is no history available for Bopple (S-147) at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Small Ships Section, Southwest Pacific Area of World War II
    US Army Transportation Corps - MacArthur’s small ships: Improvising Water Transport in the Southwest Pacific Area
    Australians in the US Army Small Ships Section still going unrecognised despite 'crucial' role against the Japanese in World War II
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    Last updated 29 November 2024