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USAT Seatrain Texas

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Transport:

Laid down, 28 July 1939, as the RO/RO dry cargo ship SS Seatrain Texas at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester. PA. for the Seatrain Lines

Launched, 9 March 1940

Delivered, 22 May 1940, to Seatrain Lines for the New York, Havana, New Orleans seatrain route

SS Seatrain Texas could carry 100 freight cars and had capacity for 250 vehicles.

Acquired, 6 February 1942, by the War Shipping Administration from the Seatrain Lines on a bare bottom charter

Allocated, 6 February 1942, to the War Department, Transportation Corps.

Commissioned USAT Seatrain Texas, date unknown

Re-delivered, 23 May 1946 to Seatrain Lines

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in Spain, 30 May 1973, to Industrial Y Commercial De Levante, S.A.

Specifications:
Displacement 4,911 nest tons , 8,108 gross tons,
Length 483'
Beam 63'6"
Draft 33'
Speed 14.5kts

Complement and Troop Accommodations

Officers unknown

Enlisted unknown

Cargo Capacity unknown

Armament unknown

Fuel Capacity unknown

Propulsion

two General Electric steam turbines

two propellers, 8,500hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USAT Seatrain Texas
301305307	183k	Aerial view of the SunShip fitting out piers, 2 April 1940, Chester PA. The second vessel from the left is *Seatrain Texas, with her sister Seatrain New Jersey* later becoming *USS Lakehurst* (APV-3) to her port. The other two cargo vessels are Mormacmail and Mormacland in unknown order, later becoming USS Long Island (AVG-1) and HMS Archer (D78)*. Photo from the Victor Dallin collection, Hagley Museum*. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose.	John Chiquoine
301305308	347k	USAT Seatrain Texas during a one overnight visit at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was present with a combined east-bound convoy AT15/NA8. Port-side is arriving, 2 May 1942, and starboard-side is departing, 3 May 1942. From the H B Jefferson collection, Nova Scotia Archives. Used for educational and non-commercial purpose.	John Chiquoine
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301305305	411k	USATSeatrain Texas moored pierside, Pier X Hampton VA. 13 August 1943. Note: sitting on the pier, near the bow of the ship; a half dozen U.S. made M7 Priest 105 mm howitzers Motor Carriages, in British desert colors. The ship took an active part in the transportation of tanks and other vehicles to North Africa in the summer of 1942 and her commander and crew were commended for their part in stopping Rommel's advance upon Alexandria. She left NYPE 29 July 1942 and arrived in Egypt in Sept. 1942. US National Archives Identifier 138926018, US Army Signal Corps photo # 336-H-07-03740, a US Army photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	David Upton
	15k	USAT Seatrain Texas in Convoy, date and location unknown
301305306	111k	USAT Seatrain Texas moored pierside, date and location unknown. "The Army’s Cargo Fleet in WWII", May 1945, U.S. Army Center of Military History, page 68. U.S. Army Signal Corps-Wikimedia Commons	Robert Hurst
Merchant Service Seatrain Corp.
	68k	SS Seatrain Texas underway in Southampton Water circa 1970.	Photo by ©Charles T Betts
	216k	SS Seatrain Texas underway, in New York harbor in 1952. ©Sawyer-Mitchell collection	Gerhard Mueller- Debus
	262k	SS Seatrain Texas moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany, June 1966.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller- Debus