Ship Details
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Registry #1	220891 (US)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1919	Jemmapes	Name 6
Name 2	1921	Blue Point	Name 7
Name 3	1928	Princeton (III)	Name 8
Name 4	1938	Foam (VIII)	Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1919	Place	Portland	Area	OR	Country	USA

 

Designer	(nk)	Measurement (imp)	? x ? x ?
Builder	Foundation Co., Portland OR	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Wood	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	324	Type 1	Fishboat, trawler
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine	steam engine	Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1919 she was owned by the French Navy.

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	1942-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
On May 17, 1942 this vessel was sunk by surface gunfire by the U-432.

 

References
Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935);
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