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Basra (1957/06)
  IMO: 5037711  
Details/Construction
Builder:Walter Butler Shipyards Inc.Location:Superior, Wisconsin, United StatesHull #:1
Design:N3-S-A1
Keel Layed:Launched:1942/07/12Commissioned:1942/12
Propulsion
As builtType:1 triple expansion steam engine (19.25", 32" & 56" x 36")Output:1300 shp - 10.5 knots
Manufacturer:Prescott Company - Menominee, Michigan, USA
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):78.9 m (259.0 ft)Gross Tonnage:1765
Length (lbp):76.2 m (250.0 ft)Net Tonnage:1003
Beam:12.9 m (42.2 ft)Dead Weight:2843
Depth:6.2 m (20.4 ft)Displacement:
Draft:5.5 m (18.0 ft) 
Change Description:First of 18 sisters of the (N3-S-A1) designation to be built at Superior, Wisconsin for the British Admiralty for service during WWII.
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
British Admiralty - United KingdomMinistry of War Transport19421951
Elder Dempster Lines Ltd. - England19511952
D/S A/S Anglo - NorwayValdemar Skogland A/S - Norway19521964
Union Maritime Steamship Company - Greece19641968/06
Reyes & Lim Company Inc. - Philippines1968/061971/01
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
John W. Arey1951
Bida1952
Basra1964
Pleias1968
Atlantic Contractor1968/06
Timber Coast1971/01
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Br 169573 London, England 1942 1952
Haugesund, Norway LGOU 1952 1964
2464 Piraeus, Greece 1964 1968/06
212505 Manila, Philippines DVDP 1968/06 /1971/01
Description
Class of 18 ships included

JOHN W. AREY (hull #1) US 169573 (IMO 5037711) - sank - 12 January 1971

RODNEY BAXTER (hull #2) US 169619 (IMO 5091444) - hit by rockets near Peamreang Island, Mekong River, Vietnam and sunk - 10 August 1974

RICHARD BEARSE (hull #3) US 169608 (IMO 1169608) - scrapped Hong Kong - 27 July 1961

WILLIAM BREWSTER (hull #4) US 169922 (IMO 1169922) - scrapped Calcutta, India - June 1967

WILLIAM BURSLEY (hull #5) US 169577 (IMO 1169577) - wrecked off Gorling Bluff Light, Grand Cayman - 9 May 1964

ASHMUN J. CLOUGH (hull #6) US 169602 (IMO 1169602) - torpedoed and sunk by U989 in the English Channel while enroute from Avonmouth for Normandy with war supplies - 26 August 1944

CALVIN COGGIN (hull #7) US 169600 (IMO 1169600) - scrapped New Orleans, LA, USA - June 1962

JESSE G. COTTING (hull #8) US 169613 (IMO 5157482) - scrapped around 1978 likely in China - details unknown

JOSIAH P. CRESSEY (hull #9) US 169596 (IMO 1169596) - sunk by gunfire on the Yangtze River in 1949

TULLY CROSBY (hull #10) US 169601 (IMO 5062261) - burned off the east coast of Crete with sunflower seeds and later sank - 14 April 1965

ELKANAH CROWELL (hull #11) US 169612 (IMO 5142372) - scrapped in China prior to 1992 - exact details unknown

JUSTIN DOANE (hull #12) US 169618 (IMO 1169618) - sunk by gunfire near Fukien, China with a cargo of rice - 13 November 1950

ASA ELDRIDGE (hull #13) US 169711 (IMO 5311155) - scrapped in China prior to 1993 - exact details unknown

ANTHONY ENRIGHT (hull #14) US 169607 (IMO 5108936) - scrapped in 1964 - exact details unknown

WATSON FERRIS (hull #15) US 169713 (IMO 1169713) - wrecked off Scarweather Bank, Wales on 20 November 1949 and scrapped at Briton Ferry, Wales - 21 February 1950

BAILEY FOSTER (hull #16) US 169675 (IMO 5012228) - scrapped at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela - July 1971

GURDEN GATES (hull #17) US 169665 (IMO 1169665) - burned near Cape Gata, Cyprus then beached in Episkopi Bay then abandoned - 17 February 1967

MOSES GAY (hull #18) US 169727 (IMO 1169727) wrecked at Ostra Kvarken, Finland (Gulf of Bothnia) on 21 November 1959 then scrapped at Mathildedahl, Finland in 1960
Disposition
Description/Location
Arrival at YardBeached:Work Began:
LostSank in the Philippine Sea (12.39N/125.07E) in heavy weather while enroute from Luzon, Philippines to Limay also in the PhilippinesDate:1971/01/12

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