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SS Marine Electric was a 605-foot bulk carrier that sank on 12 February 1983, about 30 miles off the coast of Virginia, in 130 feet of water.Thirty-one of the 34 crew members lost their life due to hypothermia; the three survivors endured 90 minutes drifting in the frigid waters of the Atlantic.
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SS E. Kirby Smith; SS Harvey Cushing; SS Adelphi Victory [9] SS Alcedo (freighter sank, torpedoed February 28, 1945) [10] SS Battle Creek Victory; SS Black River (tanker) SS Chapel Hill Victory; MV Halma (sank hit mine 1942) SS Howell E. Jackson; SS Malchace [11] SS Medina Victory; SS Panama Victory; MV Sheherazade (attacked and sank 1942) SS ...
SS Marine Angel - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. Operated April 1945 — March 1946 returning troops to U.S. from Europe and lastly Asia. Converted to laker in 1952, sold renamed McKee Sons. SS Marine Beaver - Became USN hospital ship USS Repose (AH-16). SS Marine Devil - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship ...
Keystone Tankships company ordered five tankers in 1940 from Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock of Chester, Pennsylvania, based on the T2 but longer and with increased capacity; Marcom would designate this design T2-A. Bigger but faster, they were 526 ft (160.3 m) in total length, displaced about 22,445 tons, and were rated at 10,600 tons gross with 16,300 DWT — yet they attained a top speed ...
They were initially developed during World War II by General Electric for the War Production Board as a transportable large-scale power generation resource. Powerships or power barges can be equipped with single or multiple gas turbines , reciprocating diesel and gas engines , boilers or nuclear reactors for electricity generation.
The Type 206 is a class of diesel-electric submarines developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW).Its design is based on the preceding Type 205 submarine class. These small and agile submarines were built during the Cold War to operate in the shallow Baltic Sea and attack Warsaw Pact shipping in the event of military confrontation.