SS Oakmar
Oakmar in service with the Calmar Steamship Company | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Owner |
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| Ordered | January 1, 1919 |
| Builder | Mitsui Buttan K. K. |
| Completed | July 1920 |
| In service | 1920 |
| Out of service | 1942 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk on March 20, 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 385 ft (117 m) |
| Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
| Depth | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Installed power | triple-expansion steam engine, 554 nhp |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
SS Oakmar was an American steam-powered cargo ship built in 1920 as Eastern Exporter for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). She was renamed William Campion after being bought by the Garland Steamship Corporation in 1923 and then Oakmar after being bought by the Calmar Steamship Company in 1927. She was sunk off the coast of North Carolina in World War II on March 20, 1942, by the German submarine U-71.