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USAT Barbara C

WWII International Radio Call Sign:
William - Fox - Easy - Dog
WFED

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Built in 1920 as the Lumber schooner SS Pacific VIII by Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, OR. for W. R. Chamberlain

Launched in 1920

Delivered in Octber 1920 to W. R. Chamberlain and Co., San Francisco, CA.

Named changed to SS Barbara C circa 1925

Purchased by the War Shipping Administration, 12 January 1943, from W. R. Chamberlain at Alameda, CA.

Acquired, 12 January 1943, by the War Department under charter from the War Shipping Administration

Transferred, 26 January 1946, to the War Shipping Administration

Sold, 26 January 1946, to Schoffield Shipping Co.

Final Disposition, foundered in 1946

Specifications:
Displacement 1,240 gross tons
Length 221.5'
Beam 43.0'
Draft 16.6'
Speed unknown

Complement

Officers unknown

Crew unknown

Troopship Passenger Capacity unknown

Cargo Capacity unknown

Cruise Radius unknown

Propulsion one Pacific Marine Iron Works, triple expansion 97nph steam engine

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
301302101	53k	USAT BarbaraC underway, date and location unknown. Australian War Memorial Accession No. 302974		Australian War Memorial

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