Category:Macon (ship, 1919)

Ship[edit]

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: Todd Dry Dock & Construction, Seattle; completed at Todd's Harbor Island
• Yard No: 24 (Todd Tacoma #), 110 (Todd Seattle #)
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1919.09.08
• Length over all: 379.7 ft
• Beam: 53.1 ft
• GT: 4814
• DWT:
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• wrecksite.eu
• www.shipspotting.com
• www.regiamarina.net
• plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk

History[edit]

• 1919 Named Delight; Flag: United States
  • Official number: 218467
  • Code letters: LSBH
  • Port: Seattle
  • Owner: U.S. Shipping Board
• 1928 Port: New Orleans
  • Owner: Great Southern Lumber Co.
• 1931 Renamed Point Ancha; Flag: United States
  • Call sign: LSBH
  • Port: San Francisco
  • Owner: Swayne & Hoyt Ltd.
• 1932 Owner: Gulf Pacific Mail Line Ltd.
  • Call sign: LSBH, from 1934 KQOE
  • Port: San Francisco
  • Manager: Swayne & Hoyt Ltd.
• 1940 Renamed Macon; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 166308
  • Call sign: GNKZ
  • Port: Liverpool
  • Owner: Ministry of War Transport
  • Manager: Elder Dempster Lines, Ltd.
• 1941.06.25 Sunk by torpedo and gunfire by Italian submarine Barbarigo