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Cargo ship

History

United States
Name	Cody (1920–1939) Mary (1939–1942)
Owner	USSB (1920–1930) Tampa Interocean Steamship Co. (1930–1939) Bull Insular Steamship (1939–1942)
Builder	American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia
Yard number	1535
Launched	19 June 1920
Completed	September 1920
Identification	US Official Number 220608 code letters: MBLF (1920–1933) call sign KDEX (1934–1942)
Fate	Sunk, 3 March 1942
General characteristics
Type	Design 1022 cargo ship
Tonnage	5,104 GRT 3,113 NRT 7,825 DWT
Length	390.0 ft (118.9 m)
Beam	54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Depth	27.8 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power	Oil-fired steam turbines, 2500 ihp
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Range	9,000 miles

SS Mary was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

History

She was laid down at yard number 1535 at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipyard of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board. She was completed in 1920 and named Cody. In 1930, she was purchased by Tampa Interocean Steamship Company. In 1939, she was purchased by Bull-Insular Steamship Company (A.H. Bull & Co) and renamed SS Mary. On February 7, 1942, she collided with the U.S. freighter SS Palimol at 24°50′N 66°0′W / 24.833°N 66.000°W / 24.833; -66.000 and made her way to San Juan, Puerto Rico for repairs. On March 3, 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-129, 250 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname (08°25′N 52°50′W / 8.417°N 52.833°W / 8.417; -52.833). Survivors were picked up by the freighter SS Alcoa Scout.

Citations

^ McKellar, p. Part II, 588.
Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing vessels, Arranged in Order of Signal Letters. p. 90.
^ Marine Review 1921, p. 97.
Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing Merchant Steam Vessels of 500 Gross Tons and Over Fitted For Burning Oil Fuel. p. 463.
"Eastern Sea Frontier - Enemy Action Diary - February 7, 1942". uboatarchive.net/. Retrieved 20 July 2021. S.S. MARY sent out distress signal. At 1938, S.S. MARY radioed "O.K., O.K., proceeding nearest port. Collision." Later coded wireless message from S.S. MARY to Bull Steamship Co., "SS MARY in collision with S.S. PALIMOL 24-50N; 66W., proceeding San Juan course 181. Damage to forepeak.
Cressman, Robert (2000). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016. ISBN 9781557501493.
Cressman, p.166
Cressman, p.168

References

"1939-1940 Mary" (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Ships. 1939.

Bibliography

McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships, p. 588" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
Marine Review (1921). "1920 Construction Record of U.S. Yards -Cody". The Marine Review. 51 (February). New York: 97. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

External links

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, Van Waerwijck, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, Koolama, SS Mary, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 5 Mar: Auby 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter, Rononia 7 Mar: Arabutan, HNLMS Gouden Leeuw, Nyggjaberg, Uniwaleco 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel, Smyshlyony 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587, Equipoise 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585 Unknown: Emilia, Panay
Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: USS Sargo, HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 23 Mar: USS Gato 25 Mar: Imperial Transport Unknown date: USS Drum
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