MS Cape Flattery was a United States Maritime Commission type C1-B cargo ship built in 1940–41 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington, for the commission to be assigned to the American Mail Line for transpacific service. After the United States entry into the war the ship was operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through American Mail as agents. The ship, after about a year of operation, became a troop transport for the remainder of the war.
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| - MS Cape Flattery was a United States Maritime Commission type C1-B cargo ship built in 1940–41 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington, for the commission to be assigned to the American Mail Line for transpacific service. After the United States entry into the war the ship was operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through American Mail as agents. The ship, after about a year of operation, became a troop transport for the remainder of the war. (en)
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| - Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington (en)
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| - *7,262 tons cargo
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| - Scrapped Valencia, Spain 1971 (en)
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| - U.S. Official Number: 240634 (en)
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| - Cape Flattery, Washington (en)
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| - MS Cape Flattery was a United States Maritime Commission type C1-B cargo ship built in 1940–41 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington, for the commission to be assigned to the American Mail Line for transpacific service. After the United States entry into the war the ship was operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through American Mail as agents. The ship, after about a year of operation, became a troop transport for the remainder of the war. Troop ship operations were largely to the Southwest Pacific. In 1945 the ship transited the Indian Ocean, Suez and the Atlantic to Hampton Roads and New York. Subsequently Cape Flattery operated to Europe and the islands of the Caribbean. Completing allocation to Army requirements the ship was laid up in the Hudson River on 28 April 1946 until sold for scrapping on 23 November 1970. (en)
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