SS Sea Scamp

USAT Sea Scamp was a Type C3 ship S-A2 troop transport that saw service in World War II.

USS Clytie was similar to Sea Scamp
History
United States
NameSea Scamp
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Launched30 April 1943
FateScrapped 1971
General characteristics
Displacement8,348 tons
Length465 ft (142 m)
Beam70 ft (21 m)
Speed18 knots

She was launched on 30 April 1943 by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, under a Maritime Commission contract with owner Lykes Brothers Steamship Company.

Voyages

  • Sailed from Oakland, CA 31 March 1944 for Finschafen, New Guinea arriving 30 April 1944
  • Sailed from Hilo, Hawaii 14 July 1944 for Saipan, Marianas arriving 11 August 1944
  • Sailed from San Francisco 17 November 1944 for Hollandia, New Guinea arriving 5 December 1944
  • Sailed from New Guinea 25 December 1944 for San Francisco, CA arriving 17 January 1945
  • Sailed from San Francisco to The Admiralty Islands February 1945
  • Sailed from ? on ? for New York City, New York arriving 5 September 1945
  • Sailed from New York City, New York January 4, 1946 arriving 17 January 1946 in Le Havre
  • Sailed from Le Havre, France on 28 January 1946 for New York City, New York arriving 9 February 1946
  • Sailed from England (?) on ? February 1946 for New York City, New York arriving 4 March 1946

The ship was purchased by Matson Line in 1947 and renamed Hawaiian Packer. The historic Kamchatka earthquake 1952 November 4 16:58:26.0 UTC Magnitude 9.0 generated a tsunami wave in Honolulu harbor which sent a cement barge from its moorings to collide against the freighter.[1] It was sold to U.S. Maritime Commission in 1964 and renamed Pecos in 1966. It was scrapped in 1971.[2]

References
  1. The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (November 2013). "Historic Earthquakes". Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. shipbuildinghistory (December 2010). "Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula MS". Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2011.


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