USAT Sea Ray
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 photo from 'Troopships of WW2' Ronald W Charles. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USAT Sea Ray |
| Owner | Operated by Hawaiian Steamship Co. |
| Builder | Western Pipe & Steel Co, San Francisco, California |
| Launched | early 1944 |
| Completed | August 1944 |
| In service | August 1944 |
| Out of service | 1 Jul 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | C3 Liberty ship |
| Tonnage | 7,958 tons |
| Length | 492' (150m) |
| Beam | 69'6" (21.18m) |
| Depth | 28'6" (8.69m) |
| Propulsion | Turbine single screw |
| Speed | 16.5 knots |
| Capacity | 2,138 passengers |
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Remarks
A C3 type vessel that was completed as a troopship at the building yard. She sailed from San Francisco in August 1944, returning in September. On 29 September she sailed for Milne Bay, Oro Bay and Hollandia, returning on 30 November to San Francisco. Of interest to us, on 20 December 1944 USAT Sea Ray departed for Finschhafen New Guinea, arriving there on 6 January 1945. She spent the ensuing seven months in the Southwest Pacific, having visited Hollandia, Leyte, Biak, Brisbane, Morotai and Finschhafen. She returned to San Francisco on 27 July 1945.
The Sea Ray sailed from San Francisco again on 22 August, and visited Ulithi Atoll, Manila, Subic Bay and Yokohama before she returned to San Francisco in late October. In December she departed for Saipan, Manila, Lingayen, Korea and Okinawa. Following her return to San Francisco on 5 March 1946, she sailed for New York, and from there to the Reserve Fleet where she was laid up on 1 July.