A port-side view of SS El Occidente as she appeared before World War I
History
Name
SS El Occidente
Owner
Morgan Line
Builder
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
Newport News, Virginia
Yard number
133
Launched
24 September 1910
Sponsored by
Mrs. C. W. Jungen[1]
Completed
2 December 1910
Fate
Expropriated for U.S. Army service, 30 May 1917
History
United States
Name
USAT El Occidente
Acquired
30 May 1917
Fate
Transferred to U.S. Navy, 27 August 1918
United States
Name
USS El Occidente (ID-3307)
Acquired
27 August 1918
Commissioned
27 August 1918
Decommissioned
18 March 1919
Fate
Returned to Morgan Line
Name
SS El Occidente
Owner
1919–1941: Morgan Line
1941–1942: United States Maritime Commission
Operator
1919–1941: Morgan Line
1941–1942: United States Lines
Port of registry
1919–1941: United States
1941–1942: Panama
Route
1919–1941: New York – Galveston
Fate
Sunk by U-435, 13 April 1942
General characteristics
Type
Cargo ship
Tonnage
6,008 GRT
Length
430 ft 2 in (131.11 m)
Beam
53 ft 1 in (16.18 m)
Draft
26 ft (7.9 m)[2]
Speed
16 knots (30 km/h)
Capacity
800 horses and mules (World War I)
Complement
112 (World War I)
Crew
41 (World War II)
Armament
4 × 4-inch (100 mm) guns (World War I)[2]
Notes
Sister ship of El Sol, El Mundo, El Oriente
SS El Occidente was a cargo ship for the Morgan Line, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company. During World War I, she was known as USAT El Occidente in service with the United States Army and as USS El Occidente (ID-3307) in service with the United States Navy. At the end of war, she reverted to her original name of SS El Occidente.
Built in 1910, SS El Occidente was one of four sister ships that carried cargo and a limited number of passengers for the Morgan Line. She was acquired by the U.S. Army after the United States entered World War I in April 1917, and converted to carry horses and mules to France. In February 1918, she fought a 20-minute gun battle with two German submarines, destroying the periscope of one. In August 1918, the ship was transferred to the U.S. Navy and continued transporting animals through the end of the war.
El Occidente returned to the Morgan Line in 1919 and sailed with them until June 1941, when the entire Morgan Line fleet was purchased by the United States Maritime Commission. While serving as a civilian-crewed cargo ship during World War II, El Occidente was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-435 on 13 April 1942.
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