SS Louise Lykes (1941)
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For other ships with the same name, see SS Louise Lykes.
SS Louise Lykes was a Type C2-F ship built in 1941 at Federal Shipbuilding of Kearny, New Jersey. She sailed for the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company out of New Orleans, Louisiana. On 9 January 1943, she was sunk with all hands in the North Atlantic by U-384.
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Name | SS Louise Lykes |
Owner | Lykes Brothers Steamship Company[1] |
Port of registry | New Orleans[1] |
Builder | |
Yard number | 180[2] |
Launched | 27 September 1941[2] |
Completed | October 1941[2] |
Fate | Sunk with all hands by U-384, 9 January 1943[3] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Type C2-F ship[2] |
Tonnage | 6,155 GRT[1][3] |
Length | 439 ft 0 in (133.81 m)[1] |
Beam | 63 ft 1 in (19.23 m)[1] |
Draft | 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m)[1] |
Decks | two plus shelter deck[1] |
Propulsion | 2 General Electric steam turbines, geared to a single screw propeller[1] |
Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h)[2] |
Crew | 10 officers, 41 sailors, 32 Naval Armed Guardsmen (83 total)[3] |
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