SS Papoose

History

Dutch East Indies
Name:	SS Silvanus
Owner:	Nederlandsch-Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij
Builder:	Southwestern Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, San Pedro, California
Launched:	1921
Acquired:	September 1921
In service:	1921
Out of service:	1926
Identification:	IMO number: 2226583 Call sign: PSDC
Fate:	Damaged by fire, 1926 Sold, 1927
United States
Name:	SS Papoose
Owner:	Petroleum Navigation Company
Acquired:	1927
In service:	March 1927
Out of service:	March 1942
Fate:	Torpedoed and sunk, 19 March 1942
General characteristics ^[1]
Type:	Oil tanker
Tonnage:	5,939 GRT
Length:	412 ft (126 m)
Beam:	53 ft 4 in (16.26 m)
Draft:	25 ft 8 in (7.82 m)
Propulsion:	Reciprocating steam engine, single screw
Speed:	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

SS Papoose was an oil tanker built in 1921 by the Southwestern Shipbuilding & Drydock Company^[2] in San Pedro, California as SS Silvanus^[3] for the Nederlandsch-Indische Tankstoomboot Maatschappij ("Dutch-Indies Steam Tanker Company").^[4] In 1926 Silvanus collided with the tanker Thomas H. Wheeler in the Mississippi River, resulting in the death of 26 seamen. The Silvanus was declared a total loss and rebuilt in Beaumont, Texas.^[3]

It started operating as the Papoose for the Petroleum Navigation Company in Houston, Texas in March 1927.^[3] In March 1942, it was attacked by German U-boat U-124 off the coast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. It drifted for several days and eventually sank in 200 feet (61 m) of water off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina.^[3]

References

↑ Hudy, Paul M. (2005). "PAPOOSE". nc-wreckdiving.com. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
↑ Colton, Tim (27 April 2011). "Southwestern Shipbuilding & Drydock Company". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
1 2 3 4 Barnette, Michael C. (2007). "The Wreck of the Papoose". Association of Underwater Explorers. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
↑ "Silvanus". helderline.nl. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

External links

Barnette, Michael C. (2006). "Scrambled History: A Tale of Four Misidentified Tankers" (pdf). Wreck Diving Magazine. Retrieved 4 June 2009.

Coordinates: 34°17′N 76°39′W / 34.283°N 76.650°W / 34.283; -76.650

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1926

Shipwrecks	11 Feb: Heian Maru 9 Apr: Sylvanus 1 Jun: Washington Irving 8 Jun: Atlantus 2 Jul: Queen of Nassau 9 Aug: HMS H29 13 Aug: Albert San 2 Sep: HMAS Platypus II 14 Sep: Roseway September (unknown date): HMS Raleigh 26 Nov: Andrios 30 Nov: City of Bangor 18 Dec: Swiks Unknown date: Sapona

Other incidents	11 Jan: Empress of Asia 12 Jan: Empress January (unknown date): Cameronia 10 Mar: America 9 Apr: Aeolus 16 Jul: Brulin 20 Aug: Espagne 25 Aug: Ambria August (unknown date): Cameronia 5 Sep: HMS Cockchafer 1 Nov: HMS R4 9 Dec: Sac City 24 Dec: HMS Thunderer 26 Dec: Franconia Unknown date: America, Otranto

1925 1927

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Mar: USS Edsall, HMS Encounter, HNLMS Evertsen, HMS Exeter, USS Houston, USS Pecos, HMAS Perth, USS Pope, Rooseboom, U-656 2 Mar: HNLMS Banckert, USAT Don Esteban, Ha-13, HNLMS K X, HNLMS K XIII, HNLMS K XVIII, HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden, USS Pillsbury, USS Stewart, Toendjoek, HNLMS Witte de With 3 Mar: USS Asheville, USS Perch 4 Mar: HMAS Yarra 6 Mar: HNLMS Pieter de Bitter 7 Mar: Arabutan 8 Mar: HNLMS Eland Dubois, HNLMS Jan van Amstel 10 Mar: Lady Nelson, Kongō Maru, Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz, San Demetrio 18 Mar: E.M. Clark 19 Mar: Papoose 20 Mar: HMS Heythrop 21 Mar: Vamar 23 Mar: British Prudence 24 Mar: HMS Southwold, U-655 26 Mar: HMS Jaguar, HMS Legion, HMS P39 27 Mar: USS Atik, U-587 28 Mar: HMS Campbeltown, Raceland 29 Mar: Hertford, Z26 30 Mar: U-585

Other incidents	2 Mar: Ruth Kellogg, HMS Walney 4 Mar: HMAS Tambar 5 Mar: Takao Maru 10 Mar: China Maru, Tama Maru No. 2 11 Mar: Komintern 15 Mar: Olean 16 Mar: Irish Willow, U-753 22 Mar: Kingston 25 Mar: Imperial Transport

1941 1942 1943 February 1942 April 1942

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