SS Papoose

SS Papoose was an oil tanker built in 1921 by the Southwestern Shipbuilding & Drydock Company[2] in San Pedro, California as SS Silvanus[3] for the Nederlandsch-Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij ("Dutch-Indies Steam Tanker Company").[4] In 1926 Silvanus collided with the tanker Thomas H. Wheeler in the Mississippi River, resulting in the death of 26 seamen. The Silvanus was declared a total loss and rebuilt in Beaumont, Texas.[3]

History
 Dutch East Indies
Name: SS Silvanus
Owner: Nederlandsch-Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij
Builder: Southwestern Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, San Pedro, California
Launched: 20 June 1921
Acquired: September 1921
In service: 1921
Out of service: 1926
Identification:
Fate:
  • Damaged by fire, 1926
  • Sold, 1927
 United States
Name: SS Papoose
Owner: Petroleum Navigation Company
Acquired: 1927
In service: March 1927
Out of service: March 1942
Fate: Torpedoed and sunk, 19 March 1942
General characteristics [1]
Type: Oil tanker
Tonnage: 5,939 GRT
Length: 412 ft (126 m)
Beam: 53 ft 4 in (16.26 m)
Draft: 25 ft 8 in (7.82 m)
Propulsion: Reciprocating steam engine, single screw
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

It started operating as the Papoose for the Petroleum Navigation Company in Houston, Texas in March 1927.[3] In March 1942, it was attacked by German U-boat U-124 off the coast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. It drifted for several days and eventually sank in 200 feet (61 m) of water off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina.[3]

References
  1. Hudy, Paul M. (2005). "PAPOOSE". nc-wreckdiving.com. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. Colton, Tim (27 April 2011). "Southwestern Shipbuilding & Drydock Company". shipbuildinghistory.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  3. Barnette, Michael C. (2007). "The Wreck of the Papoose". Association of Underwater Explorers. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  4. "Silvanus". helderline.nl. Retrieved 11 December 2012.


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