CRABTREE

Registry and Rig Information

Name CRABTREE
Registry U.S.
Official Number 218156
Rig Propeller

Dimensions and Tonnage

Length 253.33
Width 43.50
Depth 25.00
Gross Tonnage 2496.00
Net Tonnage 1491.00
Hull Material Steel
Hull Number 00505

Vessel History

Rebuilds Canadian measures, 1929 (253.66 x 43.5 x 24.75; 2625 gross - 1428 registered). Tonnage change, 1935 (2438 gross - 1468 net).
Disposition Torpedoed and sunk by German Submarine between Cape Charles and Cape Henlopen, NJ, in position 37.46N x 75.05W, on April 3, 1942; twenty four lives lost. Was on voyage Lambert, VA, for Fall River, MA.

Build Information

Builder Great Lakes Engineering Works
Place Built Ashtabula, OH
Date Built 1919-00-00

Source

Source HCGL

Vessel Names

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
ATWATER, DAVID H.1935-00-001942-00-00U.S.218156
CROSBY, W.J.1922-00-001929-00-00U.S.218156
CROSBY, W.J.1929-00-001935-00-00CANADA154963

Vessel Owners

NameBegin DateEnd DateRegistryOfficial Number
Atwacoal Transportation Co.1935-00-001942-00-00U.S.218156
Canada Forwarding Co., Ltd.1929-00-001935-00-00CANADA154963
North Shore Transit Co.1922-00-001929-00-00U.S.218156
U.S. Shipping Board1919-00-001922-00-00U.S.218156