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While operating off of [[Bizerte, Tunisia]] she struck a mine and had to be beached.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/sunk44.htm |title=Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1944 |publisher=American Merchant Marine at War |accessdate=2019-01-05 }}</ref> Seven days later she broke in half. In 1948 she was scrapped by an Italian salvage company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/6392 |title=Virginia Dare |publisher=MARAD Vessel History Database |accessdate=2019-01-05 }}</ref> |
While operating off of [[Bizerte, Tunisia]] she struck a mine and had to be beached.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/sunk44.htm |title=Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1944 |publisher=American Merchant Marine at War |accessdate=2019-01-05 }}</ref> Seven days later she broke in half. In 1948 she was scrapped by an Italian salvage company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/6392 |title=Virginia Dare |publisher=MARAD Vessel History Database |accessdate=2019-01-05 }}</ref> |
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''Virginia Dare'''s [[Naval Armed Guard]] detachment received one [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service in [[Arctic convoys of World War II|Murmansk convoy]] operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmm.org/battle-n-z.html |title=U.S. Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "N to Z" |publisher=American Merchant Marine at War |accessdate=2019-01-09 }}</ref> |
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.jpg) SS Virginia Dare launched at Wilmington, North Carolina, February 3, 1942
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Virginia Dare |
| Namesake | Virginia Dare |
| Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Yard number | 3 |
| Way number | 3 |
| Laid down | 28 May 1941 |
| Launched | 3 February 1942 |
| Out of service | 6 March 1944 |
| Honors and awards |  1 × battle star |
| Fate | scrapped 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Liberty ship |
| Tonnage | 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement | 41 |
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SS Virginia Dare (MC contract 147) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America. She disappeared along with the rest of the Roanoke Colony.
The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on 28 May 1941, then launched on 3 February 1942.[1] She was operated by the South Atlantic Steamship Line for the War Shipping Administration.[2] In September 1942 Greene was part of the heavily escorted Arctic Convoy PQ 18 when her crew was credited with shooting down seven German aircraft and received the Gallant Ship Citation.[3]
While operating off of Bizerte, Tunisia she struck a mine and had to be beached.[4] Seven days later she broke in half. In 1948 she was scrapped by an Italian salvage company.[5]
Awards
Virginia Dare's Naval Armed Guard detachment received one battle stars for World War II service in Murmansk convoy operations.[6]
References
- ^ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ "Virginia Dare". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ "Hearing on 04/18/2007: H.R. 23, the "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007"". House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
- ^ "Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1944". American Merchant Marine at War. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ "Virginia Dare". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^ "U.S. Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "N to Z"". American Merchant Marine at War. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
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