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USAT Cuba

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Transport:
  • Built in 1920-21 as the Passenger ship SS Cuba for the Plant Line at William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered to April 1921 to Plant Line
  • Acquired by Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., date unknown
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration, 19 February 1942, as a bare bottom charter
  • Assigned to Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., 19 February 1942 for operations under a General Agency Agreement
  • Delivered to the War Department, 25 April 1943
  • Returned, 26 June 1946, to Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., for operations under a General Agency Agreement
  • Chartered by the War Department, 11 July 1946
  • Re-delivered to Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., 20 December 1946
  • Sold by Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., 20 December 1946, to an Italian Co., reflagged Italy, renamed SS Pace
  • Resold, date unknown, renamed SS Sassari in 1960
  • Final Disposition, scraped in 1962
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,473 gross tons
    Length 341'2"
    Beam 47'
    Draft 17'
    Speed 17 kts
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Crew unknown
    Armed Guard unknown
    Merchant Serviced Passenger Capacity 520
    Troopship Passenger Capacity 596
    Cargo Capacity 32,015 cu ft
    Cruise Radius 3,500 nm
    Propulsion
    two triple expansion reciprocating steam engines
    twin shafts

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    Merchant Service Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co.
    Cuba
    301301604    		 77k Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., poster featuring SS Cuba entitled Impressions Of A Visit To Gay Havana "The Paris Of The Western Hemisphere".
    Ray City History Blog    		 Robert Hurst
    Cuba
    301301605    		 207k Post Card image of SS Cuba at Havana, Cuba.
    Ray City History Blog    		 Robert Hurst
    Cuba 53k Post Card image of SS Cuba under way near Morro Castle entering Havana harbor. Robert Hurst
    Cuba
    301301603    		 145k Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Co., steamer SS Cuba underway, date and location unknown.
    Image from "Incidents by the way: More recollections by Kenan, William Rand", 1872-1965.    		 Robert Hurst
    USAT Cuba
    Cuba 214k USAT Cuba under way in May 1944, location unknown.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-271225 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		  
    USAT Cuba history is from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, Published by The Army Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 1947
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Cruise to Cuba aboard SS Cuba
    SS Cuba brochure
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    Last Updated 21 February 2020