El Occidente

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El Occidente
SS El Occidente.jpg
Ship data
flag United StatesUnited States United States (1919–41) Panama (1941–42)
PanamaPanama 
Ship type Cargo ship
Owner Morgan Line (1919–41)
United States Line (1941–42)
Shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. Newport News , Virginia
Build number 133
Launch September 24, 1910
Commissioning December 2, 1910
Whereabouts Sunk April 13, 1942
Ship dimensions and crew
length
131.11 m ( Lüa )
width 16.18 m
Draft Max. 7.9 m
measurement 6008 GRT
 
crew 41 (1942)
Machine system
Top
speed 		16 kn (30 km / h)
propeller 1

The El Occidente was an American cargo ship that was in service with the US Army during the First World War . During the Second World War she took part in three convoys and was sunk by the German submarine U 435 on April 13, 1942 as part of the North Sea Convoy QP 10 . ( Location )

history

During the Second World War she took part in the following convoy trains.

Convoy time Port of departure Destination port
HX 174 February 1942 Halifax ( location ) Liverpool ( location )
PQ 12 March 1942 Reykjavík ( location ) Murmansk ( location )
QP 10 April 1942 Murmansk Reykjavík

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnold Hague Convoy Database , accessed September 13, 2018.