USAT Jonna - sunk by German submarine U539 on 5th June 1944 in the Caribbean.
USAT Jonna
US Army Transport
USAT Jonna - sunk by
German submarine U539 on 5th June 1944 in the Caribbean.
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Call sign |
Name |
Built |
Service |
Owner |
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? |
Jonna |
1933 |
1941-42 |
J. Lauritzen, Denmark |
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Passenger and Cargo Ships Taken Over by U.S Maritime Commission during World War II On June 6, 1941 there were 84 voluntarily inactive large ships of foreign registry in American ports. The Ship Requisition Act signed on that day allowed the Coast Guard to seize these vessels for the war effort. (Incl. 40 Danish vessels). Representatives of the friendly governments under which some these vessels were previously registered cooperated with the War Department. In many cases, crew members of other nationalities were kept on the vessels since they were familiar with the equipment, and there was a shortage of American seamen. |
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11. Jun.1941: |
Turned over to the war Shipping Administration at the port of New York. | |
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5. Aug. 1941: |
Chartered to U.S. War Department - Army Transport Service as USAT Jonna | |
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2. Jan. 1942: |
BW 1 - Greenland | |
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17. Mar 1942: |
Assigned to the Marine Operation Company and renamed PILLORY under Panamanian flag. | |
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5. Jun 1944: |
Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U539 while en route from San Juan to Guayanilla. | |
Late use of printed envelope
from USAT Chateau Thierry - canc.
ABF 809 (15.1.1942)
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Ship |
Postmark |
Date |
Sender |
Note |
| USAT Jonna | ABF 809 | 15.1.1942 |
To:
John H. Porter U.S.A.T. Jonna Army Base, 1st AV & 58th St., Brooklyn, New York |
PR |
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