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Virginia Sinclair

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
Oil Tanker:
  • Built by Bethlehem, Quincy, MA (YN 1438)
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, 09 October 1930
  • Completed for the Sinclair Refining Co., New York, NY, as tanker Virginia Sinclair (ON 230365), December 1930
  • Transferred to WSA (War Shipping Administration) control at Havana, Cuba, 20 April 1942
  • Operated along US Gulf coast, July - October 1942
  • Made one deployment to Mediterranean in support of Operation Torch, November 1942 - January 1943
  • Resumed operations in Gulf of Mexico, January 1943
  • Final disposition, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-185 off Cape Maysi, Cuba, 10 March 1943
  • All survivors were rescued by SC-742
    Seven crewmen died in service aboard and remain on duty

    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,151 gross tons, 3,796 net tons
    Length 416' 5"
    Beam 57' 1"
    Draft 31' 9"
    Speed 10 knots
    Complement
    Cargo Capacity 67,000 barrels
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Propulsion
    two DeLaval steam turbines geared to one shaft
    one screw, 4,000shp
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    Virginia Sinclair
    302020901    		 31k Virginia Sinclair underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo via uboat.net, original provenance unknown.    		 Dave Wright
    Virginia Sinclair
    302020902    		 316k An unidentified 173' patrol craft searches for survivors after Virginia Sinclair's sinking. Note the oil slick and what appears to be the tanker's bow at upper right.
    Photo in Virginia Sinclair's MARAD file.    		 Dave Wright
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