USAT Arcata
{{for|ships of the US Navy named Arcata|USS Arcata}}
{{short description|Ship built in Portland, Oregon, United States}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image =SS_Arcata1923.jpg |Ship caption =SS Glymont }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header = |Ship country =United States |Ship flag = {{USN flag|1942}} |Ship name =* Glymont (1919—1937)
|Ship namesake= |Ship owner =*United States Shipping Board (1919—1923)
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|Ship beam={{cvt|44.1|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{cvt|17|ft|11|in|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{cvt|19.2|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=Triple expansion steam, single propeller |Ship speed={{convert|12|kn}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= 2 |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement= |Ship crew= |Ship sensors= |Ship notes= }} |
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USAT Arcata, was built in 1919 as SS Glymont for the United States Shipping Board as a merchant ship by the Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland, Oregon. The 2,722-ton cargo ship Glymont was operated by the Matson Navigation until 1923 in post World War I work.Baltimore, Volumes 13-14, page 22, October 1919 In 1923 she was sold to Cook C. W. of San Francisco. In 1925 she was sold to Nelson Charles Company of San Francisco. In 1937 the ship was sold to the Hammond Lumber Company of Fairhaven, California and renamed Arcata. For World War II, in 1941, she was converted to the United States Army troopship USAT Arcata. She took supplies and troops to Guam.Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of Micronesia, By Toni Carrell On July 14, 1942, she was attacked by the {{Jsub|I-7}} and sank. Arcata was operating as a coastal resupply in the Gulf of Alaska, south of the Aleutian Islands at ({{coord|53|41|N|157|45|W|name=USAT Arcata}}), approximately {{convert|165|nmi}} southeast of Sand Point, when she sank. She was returning after taking supplies to US troops fighting in the Aleutian Islands campaign.[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32245, wrecksite.eu SS Arcata]
Construction
Glymont was built in 1919 by Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon. The designation Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) Design 1049 "Albinia Type" ship was applied to an existing Albina design after the United States Shipping Board (USSB) requisitioned the ships. The hull was Albina's yard number 14, USSB/EFC hull number 1691.{{cite book |year=1921 |title=Fifty-Third Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Year ended June 30, 1921 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Navigation |page=137 |url=https://archive.org/details/merchantvessels01statgoog/page/n157/mode/1up |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/Contract4.pdf |title=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Requisitioned Steel Ships, Part VII |last=McKellar |first=Norman L. |work=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921 |page=320a |publisher=ShipScribe |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite web |title=EFC Design 1049: Illustrations |publisher=ShipScribe |url=https://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/pix/1049.html |access-date=23 May 2021}}{{cite web |last=Colton |first=Tim |title=Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR |publisher=ShipbuildingHistory |date=October 7, 2020 |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/albina.htm |access-date=22 May 2021}}
The type was {{GRT|2254}}, {{NRT|1353}}, {{DWT|3700}}, {{cvt|289|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} in registry length, {{cvt|44.1|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} beam and {{cvt|19.2|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} draft. The ship was oil fired with triple expansion steam engines.
Career
The ship was delivered in May 1919 to the United States Shipping Board. From 1920 to 1930 as Glymont, the vessel traveled to ports in China, Hawaii, San Pedro, Seattle, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Ichang, Chungking, Tientsin, Manila, Kobe, and Singapore. In 1921 she was sold to the Robert Dollar Company and used on the same routes.{{Cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/1pacific.htm|title=General Cargo Ships Built in Pacific Coast Shipyards}}
=Sinking=
On July 14, 1942, USAT Arcata was attacked with the deck gun and machine guns of the {{Jsub|I-7}}. Arcata was not carrying any troops when attacked. She had a crew of 29 and four passengers. The four passengers were three United States Navy personnel and one civilian. When attacked she was traveling from Bethel, Alaska to Seattle, Washington. One of the submarine's deck gun shells hit the bridge and killed one sailor. The captain gave the abandon ship order, the ship was unarmed. The crew and passengers loaded into lifeboats. The submarine machine gunned the lifeboats, injuring more crew. The lifeboat drifted in the Bering Sea. Some of the crew died of exposure and hypothermia.{{cite web |url=https://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/Contract4.pdf |title=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Requisitioned Steel Ships, Part VII |last=McKellar |first=Norman L. |work=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921 |page=320a |publisher=ShipScribe |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite web |title=EFC Design 1049: Illustrations |publisher=ShipScribe |url=https://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/pix/1049.html |access-date=26 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6756 |title=Arcata |author=Maritime Administration |work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration |access-date=26 May 2021}}[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]{{cite web |title= SS Albertolite |url= http://merchantships2.tripod.com/ian/ianfergusonshomepage1.html |publisher=Ian Ferguson |access-date=17 January 2012}} {{USS|Kane|DD-235|6}} found one of the lifeboats and rescued eleven survivors. The Alaskan fishing boat Yukon found and picked up the other lifeboat with fourteen survivors. Eight sailors died, two crew killed from the attack, six from exposure and four passengers survived.Hocking, Charles, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam"The Thousand Mile War" by Brian Garfield, page 131
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Category:Ships built in Portland, Oregon
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