SS Maurice Tracy (+1944) WRECK

SS Maurice Tracy (+1944) WRECK

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SS Maurice Tracy (+1944)

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nationality:

american
purpose: transport
type: cargo
propulsion: steamer
date built: 1916
prev. names: [1] Sekstant
[2] Nordstrand
is nickname: no
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weight (tons): 2468  grt
dimensions: 77,2 x 13,3 x 7,7 m
engine: triple expansion engine
power: 284  n.h.p.
speed: 8.5  knots
about the loss
cause lost: collision
date lost: 16/06/1944  [dd/mm/yyyy]
casualties: 0
about people
builder:
Great Lakes Engineering Works, Michigan
owner:
M. & J. Tracy
captain:
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reference(s): Lloyd´s of London, Lloyd's Register of Shipping
updates
entered by: Lettens Jan
entered: 02/02/2008
last update: Allen Tony
last update: 09/01/2010
 
 
   Position 
 
Lettens Jan02/02/2008
latitude:39°53.2XX' N
longitude:073°58.6XX' W
system:NAD83
division:1'=1000
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Lettens Jan18/02/2008

NOAA DATA
Rec. No.:691
Lat Dec.:39,8878944444444
Long Dec.:73,9779083333333
Lat 83:39/53/16.42
Long 83:073/58/40.47
Quality:Poor
Nativ Lat:39/53/16.00
Nativ Lon:073/58/42.00
Nat.Datum:North American Datum of 1927 (NAD 27)
Chart No.:12323
Area:[C] Sandy Hook to Cape May
Cart. code:[cart.100] submerged wreck, dangerous to navigation
Quadrant:2
Reference:[ref.11] Shipwrecks, Skindivers and Sunken Gold. Dave Horner, Dodd, Mead and Co., NY, 1965.
[ref.20] Guide to Sunken Ships in American Waters. A., A.L. Lonsdale and H.R. Kaplan, Compass Publications, 1964. (out of print)

HISTORY:
F00097/50 -- CS-326; FATH SDN OF 51FT. WD MIN HANG OF 49FT AND CLEARENCE TO 47.5FT IN LAT 39-53-16, LONG. 73-58-42. DESCRIPTION 27 NO.808; CARGO, 1509 NT, SUNK 6/17/44. (ENTERED MSM 6/89)
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Vleggeert Nico19/07/2008On June 17, 1944, the Maurice Tracy was en route from Portland, Maine, to Norfolk, Virginia, with a cargo of coal, when she was rammed by the liberty ship, Jesse Billingsley. The Tracy´s crew were all rescued from the slow sinking vessel by the sub chaser,SC-412, which along with the SC-1355 had been escorting the Jesse Billingsley.
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