History | |
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(1919–1939) (1939–1948) | |
Name | Red Jacket (1919) Inspector (1919–1927) Dora (1927–1938) Comol Cuba (1938–1948) |
Owner | United States Shipping Board (1919–1921) Dunbar Molasses Company (1921–1927) U.S. Tank Ship Corporation (1927–1928) Steamship Dora Corporation (1928–1938) Commercial Molasses Corporation (1938–1948) |
Builder | American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 1482 |
Launched | 18 September 1919 |
Completed | 31 October 1919 |
Identification |
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Fate | Broken up, 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Design 1022 cargo ship |
Tonnage | 7,500 dwt |
Length | 390 ft (120 m) |
Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m) |
Installed power | Oil-fired steam turbines |
Propulsion | Single screw |
SS Comol Cuba (ex-Dora, ex-Inspector, ex-Red Jacket) was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I. Converted to a tanker, she spent most of her career transporting molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining, to the United States. During World War II, she transported petroleum before returning to the private sector.
She was laid down as Red Jacket, [2] yard number 1482 at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipyard of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board. [3] She was launched as the Inspector on 18 September 2019 and completed on 31 October 1919. [4] In 1921, she was purchased by the Dunbar Molasses Company [4] and converted into a tanker with a 344,963 gallon capacity. [5] In 1927, she was purchased by the U.S. Tank Ship Corporation and renamed Dora. [4] In 1928, she was purchased by private investors via the Steamship Dora Corporation, a New York incorporated special-purpose entity established specifically for her purchase, with U.S. Tank Ship Corporation as ship manager. [4] [6] In 1938, she was purchased by the Commercial Molasses Corporation and renamed Comol Cuba. [4] [7] In 1939, her registration was changed to Panama. [8] During World War II, she operated mostly in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. [9] In January 1943, she was part of convoy PK-135, the last Pilottown, Louisiana to Key West, Florida convoy. [10]
In the fourth quarter of 1948, she was broken up in New Orleans by the Southern Scrap Materials Company. [4] [8]
...and ended with the PK.135 convoy of 19/22 January 1943 with the 5,036-ton Panamanian Comol Cuba, 1,975-ton British Coteaudoc, 3,362-ton Honduran Gatun, 3,332-ton Honduran Granada, 4,548-ton US Henry D. Whiton, US King, 4,538-ton US Turrialba, 4,078-ton US Unaco, 6,901-ton US Vermont II, and 1,889-ton US commissioned cargo ship Pegasus