SS Camden

{{Infobox ship |display_title=SS ''Camden'' |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = SSCamden_tanker.jpg | image_caption = SS ''Camden'' }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name =SS ''Camden'' | owner = Charles Kurz & Co. Inc. and Pennsylvania Shipping Co. Mgrs | operator = Shell Oil Company Wilmington, DE | registry = | route = | ordered = | builder = New York Shipbuilding company, Camden, N.J. | original_cost = | yard_number = 258 | way_number = | laid_down = | launched = 24 November 1920 | completed = 1921 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification = | fate = Sunk by Japanese submarine ''I-25'' in 1942 | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = Petroleum tanker | tonnage = 6,653 tons | displacement = | length = 127.9 m - 419.6 feet | beam = 17.2 m -56.4 feet | height = | draught = 10.1 m - 33 feet | draft = | depth = | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = 601 nhp, 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 1 screw 3 single boilers | propulsion = Oil fueled | speed = 11 knots | capacity = | crew = 38/42 | notes = }} }}

'''SS ''Camden''''' was an American 6,653-ton tanker built by the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey, for the Charles Kurz & Co. Inc. of Pennsylvania Shipping Company. She was operated by Shell Oil Company of Wilmington, Delaware. She was launched in 1921. The ship became famous when it was torpedoed early in World War II off the West Coast of the United States off Coos Bay, Oregon, at 43.38 N, –124.48 W at 7:00 am. She had departed San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, to Portland, Oregon, with fuel oil. The ship was attacked by Japanese submarine ''I-25'' on October 4, 1942 off Oregon. She had been stopped for engine repairs at the time of the attack. She survived the attack, but later sank on October 10. One Crew member died and went down with the ship. The ''Camden'' was set on fire by the torpedo hit to her bow and was sinking. The crew abandoned ship and was rescued by a Swedish merchant ship, the MV ''Kookaburra''. The ''Camden'' still on fire remained afloat. The tugboat ''Kenai'' was towing her to Astoria, Oregon, but then changed the path to Seattle, but the ''Camden'' sank off the coast of Washington state at 46.7772, -124.5208 and now rests at a depth of 312 feet.<ref>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?24562 wrecksite.eu SS Camden]</ref> <ref>[https://nmssanctuaries.blob.core.windows.net/sanctuaries-prod/media/archive/protect/ppw/pdfs/camden.pdf Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, SS Camden]</ref><ref>1942 Navy Department. Summary of Statements by Survivors SS CAMDEN, United States Tanker, 6653 G.T., Charles Kurzand Company, Philadelphia, under Charter to Shell Oil Company</ref><ref>[https://www.armed-guard.com/sunk.html armed-guard.com, American Merchant Ships Sunk in WWII]</ref><ref>[http://www.yorkship.org/HTML/casualties.htm yorkship.org Lost to Enemy Action]</ref>

== External links == *[http://members.aol.com/nyship/home.html New York Shipbuilding Company Historical Sites] *[http://www.yorkship.us/ A Tribute to a Place Called Yorkship] *[http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/newyorkship.htm New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001062358/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/newyorkship.htm |date=2015-10-01 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120722082216/http://www.phillyseaport.org/LWL A web exhibit of ship christening photos that includes twenty images of launching ceremonies at New York Shipbuilding]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Camden}} Category:World War II tankers of the United States Category:Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation Category:Maritime incidents in October 1942 Category:1920 ships Category:Ships sunk by Japanese submarines Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean

SS Camden

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