John Mozolak Jr. NEW YORK SHIPS TO FOREIGN PORTS “O” Ship
9.1939 thru 8.1945 Page 1
O. A. BRODIN: Swe S/S 1921 1,960gt
Arr 1940: 1/29
7/17/1940: Torpedoed and sunk by U57 about 17nm northwest of Mainland, Orkney Islands at 59 22N-03 40W.
Voyage: Burlington NF and St John’s NF for Kirkwall and Ridham Rock with pulpwood.
O. A. KNUDSEN: Nor M/T 1938 11,007gt
Arr 1940: 3/6
1941: 4/30; 8/20; 10/16
5/5/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U128 about 80nm ENE of Hole in the Wall Light, Abaco Island, Bahamas
at 26 17N-75 50W. Voyage: Port Arthur (lv 3/1) for Halifax and UK with gasoline, fuel oil and vaporizing oil.
O. B. MARTIN: Am (EC2) 1944 7,247gt
1944: 9/29
3/29/1945: Ship and cargo slightly damaged by running into exploding depth charges dropped from escorting vessels
on what was believed to have been a submarine about 60nm west of Gibraltar Strait at 35 45N-06 46W.
Voyage: Norfolk (lv 3/14) in convoy UGS 80 for Calcutta with general cargo, lubricants and engine oil.
O. B. SORENSON: Nor M/T 1931 7,919gt
1942: 12/17
1943: 3/17; 5/6; 6/22; 8/5; 9/20
1944: 5/8; 6/23; 8/4
O. HENRY: Am (EC2) 1942 7,181gt
1943: 9/8
O. K. SERVICE IV: Br/Can Aux Schooner 1937 143gt
1941: 7/8; 9/5; 10/20; 11/12; 12/17
1943: 4/7
O. K. SERVICE VI: Br/Can Aux Schooner 1941 149gt
1942: 3/5 1945: 2/17
O. K. SERVICE VII: Br/Can Aux Schooner 1942 150gt
1942: 9/16 1943: 8/28
O. K. SERVICE VIII: Br/Can Aux Schooner 1944 149gt
1944: 8/15 1945: 7/31
O. M. BERNUTH: Am S/T 1938 7,972gt
1942: 10/30 detained-waiting for orders-now proceeding
1943: 2/6; 4/16; 6/14; 7/29; 9/8; 10/23
1944: 5/10
OAKEY L. ALEXANDER: Am S/S 1915 5,284gt
1943: 2/11; 6/15
OAKLEY WOOD: Am (EC2) 1944 7,210gt
1944: 7/24
1945: 1/4; 4/21; 6/2 detained-engine trouble-proceeding 6/11
OAKMAR: Am S/S 1920 5,766gt
1939: 12/16 1941: 9/30
3/20/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U71 about 300nm northwest of Bermuda at 36 22N-68 50W.
Voyage: Calcutta, and Trinidad for Boston with general cargo, manganese ore, jute, burlap and rubber.
OAKMOUNT PARK: Br/Can (Scan) 1945 2,883gt
1945: 5/5
OAKWORTH: Br M/V 1925 4,968gt
1941: 12/10 1943: 4/20; 11/26
OAXACA: Mexico S/S 1921 4,351gt (ex HAMELN-Germany 1941)
1941: 12/29 1942: 2/20
4/1/1941: As Hameln, seized by Mexico. Renamed Oaxaca.
7/26/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U171 off Cavallo Pass Inlet, Texas at 28 23N-96 08W.
Voyage: New Orleans for Vera Cruz and Tampico with newsprint, caustic soda, telephone poles and general cargo.
OB: USSR S/S 1917 2,198gt
1943: 6/15
7/5/1944: Erroneously torpedoed and sunk by submarine USS Sunfish in Sea of Okhotsk at 51 29N-155 11E.
Voyage: Vladivostok to Petropavlovsk with coal.
OCALA VICTORY: Am (VC2) 1945 7,607gt
1945: 2/2
OCANA: Du M/T 1938 6,256gt
1941: 7/9
3/25/1942: Torpedoed by U552 about 50nm south of Cape Sable NS at 42 36N-65 30W. Burned out. Abandoned. Vessel
drifted 60nm northeast to 43 24N-64 45W where sunk on 4/15 by minesweeper HMCS Burlington.
Voyage: Curacao for Halifax with fuel oil.
OCCIDENTAL: Am (T3-S-A1) 1943 9,879gt
1943: 11/19; 12/25
1944: 2/5; 2/10; 3/18; 4/18
OCEAN ANGEL: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 11/2 1943: 5/18; 10/21 1945: 4/7
OCEAN COURAGE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,173gt
1942: 9/24R
1/15/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U182 south of Cape Verde Islands at 10 52N-23 28W.
Voyage: Sailed independently from Pepel and Freetown for Trinidad and UK with iron ore and mail.
OCEAN COURIER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 10/17 1943: 11/11 1944: 2/5 1945: 5/11
7/30/1944: Torpedoed by E boat in Strait of Dover about 14nm east of Beachy Head at 50 42N-0 36E. Disabled.
Anchored at Dungeness, subsequently towed to Hole Haven and to Middlesbrough arr 8/9 for repairs.
Voyage: Normandy for the Thames in ballast.
OCEAN CRUSADER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 11/18
11/26/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U262 about 330nm northeast of St. John’s NF at 50 30N-45 30W.
Voyage: Portland, Maine (lv 11/13), and New York (lv 11/19) in convoy HX216 for Avonmouth with general cargo.
OCEAN FAME: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,173gt
1944: 6/3; 7/15; 9/23
OCEAN GALLANT: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 10/7-S; 12/7
OCEAN GLORY: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 12/5
OCEAN GYPSY: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 11/27
OCEAN HOPE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 12/24
1943: Transferred to USSR renamed Bialystok.
OCEAN HUNTER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 11/10 1943: 12/11
1/10/1944: Torpedoed and sunk by aircraft about 14nm northeast of Cape Carbon, Algeria at 36 07N-00 11W.
Voyage: New York, and Gibraltar in convoy KMS 37 for Augusta, Brindisi and Malta with military stores.
OCEAN LIBERTY: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 9/9
OCEAN MAIL: Am M/V (C2-SU) 1941 7,842gt (ex PEREGRINE FALCON-Br 1942; CHINA MAIL*Am 1941)
1942: 6/10; 11/21
1943: 6/9; 8/28; 11/4
1944: 1/17; 3/22; 5/11; 7/8; 8/26; 11/6; 12/23
1945: 2/17; 5/1
OCEAN MESSENGER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 10/23 1945: 7/2
OCEAN PEACE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,173gt
1942: 12/9
7/12/1943: Bomb explosions of near misses caused containered gasoline in the hold to ignite while anchored off Avola
at 36 55N-15 13E. On fire, the ship exploded and sank.
Voyage: Alexandria (lv 7/3) in convoy MWS36 for Sicily (arr 7/10) with vehicles, stores and cased gasoline.
OCEAN PILGRIM: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 9/4 1944: 10/10 1945: 1/6
11/20/1942: A torpedo from U263 hit the vessel’s anti-torpedo net and exploded. The vessel was west of Gibraltar in
convoy KMS 3 headed for the Mediterranean. No damage reported.
OCEAN PRIDE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,173gt
1943: 1/14 detained-engine trouble-proceeding 1/19
1945: 2/27
OCEAN RIDER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1945: 7/21
1/21/1943: Torpedoed by aircraft 4.5 miles west of Cape Caxine (west of Algiers). Arr Algiers on same day.
PermR made in Liverpool. Voyage: Liverpool for Bone with military cargo and gasoline.
OCEAN SEAMAN: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 10/7
3/15/1943: Torpedoed by U380 about 50nm west of Point Pescade (vicinity of Algiers) at 36 55N-01 59E. Towed
to Algiers arr next day. Beached outside harbor. Total Loss.
Voyage: Philippeville and Algiers in convoy ET 14 for Gibraltar and Liverpool in ballast.
OCEAN STRANGER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 9/25 1945: 3/8
OCEAN STRENGTH: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,173gt
1944: 10/9 1945: 2/21
OCEAN TRAVELLER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,178gt
1942: 10/6 1943: 9/21 1945: 3/8
OCEAN VAGABOND: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 9/15R
9/29/1942: Torpedoed by U513 about 10nm E of St. John’s NF at 47 31N-52 27W. Towed to St John’s arr next day.TempR.
Voyage: Vancouver BC for Loch Ewe with lumber, wheat and railroad ties.
1/10/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U186 about 390nm south of Iceland at 57 17N-20 11W.
Voyage: Botwood and St John’s NF in convoy SC 115 for Hull with cargo from her previous voyage and sulfite pulp.
OCEAN VAGRANT: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 5/6 detained for repairs-proceeding 5/11; 7/23; 10/31
OCEAN VALENTINE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 8/31 1944: 3/30
OCEAN VALLEY: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 12/5
OCEAN VALOUR: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 2/6
OCEAN VANGUARD: Br (Ocean) 1941 7,174gt
1942: 3/28; 4/1
9/13/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U515 about 44nm east of Galera Point, Trinidad at 10 43N-60 11W.
Voyage: Suez, and Cape Town (lv 8/19) sailed independently for Trinidad and New York in ballast.
OCEAN VANITY: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 1/30; 2/27 1945: 1/11
OCEAN VANQUISHER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 9/14R
12/12/1942: Damaged by limpet mine in Bay of Algiers at 36 48N-03 04E. Mine attached to the hull by Italian divers from
SLC two man assault craft from mother submarine Ambra. Towed to Oran 7/1945 where drydocked and repaired.
Voyage: Greenock for Algiers with military cargo and coal.
OCEAN VENGEANCE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 7/29 1945: 8/21
OCEAN VERITY: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 8/26R 1943: 3/18
OCEAN VESPER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 12/17 detained-expected to proceed 12/23
1945: 3/26
OCEAN VESTAL: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 11/18 1944: 4/29
OCEAN VIGIL: Br (Ocean) 1941 7,174gt
1942: 4/4 detained-proceeding 4/7; 12/15
1943: 1/12; 10/1
1944: 10/14
1945: 1/5
OCEAN VIGOUR: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 5/26 1943: 1/21; 10/10 1945:7/6; 7/14
OCEAN VIKING: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 4/17
10/11/1943: Mined in Gulf of Taranto about 15nm southwest of Taranto at 40 20N-17E.
1/21/1944: Towed to Bari where sunk as blockship in damaged breakwater. Voyage: Beirut for Taranto.
OCEAN VINTAGE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 8/8
10/22/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by IJN submarine I-27 in Arabian Sea about 50nm SSE of Cape Ras al Hadd, Oman
at 21 37N-60 06E. Voyage: New York, and Durban (lv 10/5) sailed independently for Abadan and Bandar Shapur
with general cargo.
OCEAN VIRTUE: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 9/1R
7/21/1943: Struck by two bombs while at Augusta, Sicily that started fires in the hold. The ship settled by the head after
more bombings split her shell plates and flooded forward holds. Refloated on 9/30. Left Augusta on 4/13/1944 in tow
for Catania. Voyage: The Clyde (lv 6/25) in convoy KMS19 for Algiers, and Augusta (arr 7/19) with military cargo.
OCEAN VISION: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 1/10 1944: 11/9
OCEAN VISTA: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1945: 1/6
OCEAN VOLGA: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 11/10
7/30/1944: Torpedoed by E boat in Strait of Dover about 11nm east of Beachy Head at 50 41N-0 32E. Arr London next day.
TempR. Arr Middlesbrough on 8/6 for PermR. Voyage: Normandy for the Thames in ballast.
OCEAN VOLUNTEER: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1943: 3/11; 3/24 1944: 7/21
OCEAN VULCAN: Br (Ocean) 1942 7,174gt
1942: 11/10
OCEANUS: Swe M/T 1940 10,217gt
1945: 8/4
OCEANWAY; HMS: Br Landing Ship Dock 1944 (ex USN LSD-12)
1944: 5/3-S
OCTAVIAN: Nor S/S 1938 1,345gt
Arr 1940: 8/24 1941: 4/14
1/16/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U203 about 150nm ENE of Halifax at 45N-60W. No survivors.
Voyage: Galveston (lv 1/9) for Saint John NB.
ODDVAR II: Fin S/S (War) 1918 2,032gt
1939: 12/15
Arr 1940: 7/22
1941: 11/18
1943: As British 8/14; 10/1; 11/24
1944: As British 3/17
ODYSSEUS: Gre S/S 1913 4,575gt
1941: 10/4 delayed-proceeding 10/8
1944: 2/16
1/1/1944: In collision with and sinking freighter Yildum*(Br) in Gulf of St. Lawrence about 15nm north of Cape St. George
NF at 48 44N-59 13W.
1/17/1945: Came ashore at Cape Sambro around Ketch Harbor, about 10nm south of Halifax at 44 28N-63 33W. Total Loss.
ODYSSEUS II: Br/Can Aux Schooner 1922 113gt
Arr 1940: 6/25
1941: 12/6 delayed-proceeding 12/9
1942: 12/11
OESTELOIDE: Brazil S/S 1921 7,012gt (ex tanker MYRIAM-Pan 1942)
1944: 7/8
OGNA: Nor M/V 1939 4,998gt
1939: 12/2
Arr 1940: 2/10; 2/26; 5/8; 5/25; 8/1; 8/19; 10/24; 11/22
1941: 2/20; 5/17; 8/7; 10/18; 10/30
1942: 2/22 delayed-proceeding 2/25; 6/6; 10/10
1943: 2/26; 7/10; 11/18
1944: 4/4; 7/26; 8/9
1945: 1/12; 4/21
OGONTZ: Am S/S (Hog) 1919 5,037gt
Arr 1940: 12/30 1941: 1/6; 3/8
5/19/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U103 about 134nm northwest of Cabo San Antonio, Cuba at 23 30N-86 37W.
Voyage: Iquique (Chile) and Cristobal CZ for Panama City (Florida) with canning machinery and nitrates.
OHIOAN: Am S/S 1920 6,078gt
Arr 1940: 6/13; 9/14; 12/20
1941: 1/6; 4/7; 4/23; 8/2; 8/14; 11/24; 12/6
5/8/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U564 about 4-5nm off Boynton Beach, Florida at 26 31N-79 59W.
Voyage: Bombay, Port Elizabeth, and San Juan PR for Baltimore with manganese ore, wool and licorice root.
OILRELIANCE: Br M/T 1929 5,666gt
1941: 8/14 1942: 11/30R
1945: Renamed Kellia (Br).
OINAS: Fin Aux Schooner 4 Mast 1910 1,423gt
Arr 1940: 11/12; 11/30
OKA: USSR S/S 1918 2,274gt
1943: 5/6
OKHTA: USSR S/S 1918 1,357gt
1943: 6/10
OKLAHOMA: Am S/T 1940 9,264gt
1943: 2/7; 5/6; 8/6; 10/12; 11/11; 11/19
1944: 1/8; 4/12; 4/29
4/8/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U123 about 15nm ENE of St. Simons Island, Georgia at 31 18N-80 59W
Refloated. Towed to Chester (Penn.) for PermR. Rebuilt. Voyage: Port Arthur for Providence with oil.
3/28/1945: Torpedoed, exploded and sunk by U532 in southern North Atlantic east of Trinidad at 13 37N-41 43W.
Voyage: Sailed independently from Aruba (lv 3/23) for Dakar with gasoline and kerosene.
OKLAHOMAN: Am S/S 1920 5,508gt
1939: 12/8
Arr 1940: 1/24; 3/22; 9/9; 12/9
1941: 2/15; 4/25; 6/28; 10/1
1942: 5/16
7/7/1942: Stranded on Dassen Island 24 miles north.of Cape Town. Refloated. Sank about one mile west of Robben Island
while being towed to Cape Town.
OLAF BERGH: Nor S/S 1921 5,811gt
1939: 11/12; 11/21
Arr 1940: 1/29
1941: 7/8; 10/4 delayed-proceeding 10/7
1942: 5/2
1944: 5/15; 6/22
OLAMBALA: Pan S/S 1901 4,815gt (ex ANTONIETTA-Italy 1941)
1942: 11/12
1943: 6/19 detained for repairs-recleared 6/22; 9/28; 10/26
12/1941: As Antonietta taken over by US Government in Norfolk. Transferred to Panama, renamed Olambala.
6/8/1944: Scuttled as a breakwater blockship in Gooseberry 2 off Omaha Beach, St. Laurent, Normandy.
OLANCHO: Honduras S/S 1921 2,493gt (ex American 1940)
1941: 3/8; 3/31; 6/20; 7/11; 8/1; 8/22; 9/10; 10/22; 11/7
1942: 1/27
3/11/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U183 in Yucatan Channel about 23nm northwest of Cabo San Antonio, Cuba
at 22 08N-85 14W. Voyage: Tela (Honduras) for Tampa with bananas and mahogany logs.
OLDHAM: Am M/V 1921 6,201gt
1941: 12/6
1942: 4/25 delayed-proceeding 5/2
1943: 12/31
1944: 3/4; 8/12; 10/19; 12/7
1945: 1/16 detained-proceeding 1/24; 3/17
OLE BULL: Nor (EC2) 1943 7,176gt (ex SALLY S. COTTEN-Am 1943)
1944: 2/1; 4/15 1945: 3/22
OLE WEGGER: Nor S/T Whale Factory 1914 12,201gt
Arr 1940: 5/4
1/14/1941: Captured with other vessels by Germany in South Atlantic-Antarctic whaling grounds. See Solglimt*.
8/25/1944: Scuttled by Germans in the Seine. Salved. Taken in tow 8/21/1945 for Plymouth, but grounded 8/23 at Berville.
Refloated. Returned to Rouen. Subsequently taken to UK, then to Gothenburg. Sold. Broken up.
OLEAN: Am S/T 1919 7,118gt
1941: 5/13; 5/31; 6/17; 7/19; 8/5; 8/20
1942: Renamed Sweep (Am).
3/14/1942: Torpedoed by U158 about 13nm south of Cape Lookout at 34 24.30N-76 29W. Towed to Hampton Roads.
Rebuilt and renamed. Voyage: Norfolk (lv 3/14) for Beaumont in ballast.
7/12/1944: As Sweep to USN at Eniwetok Island as floating storage tanker. Renamed USS Silver Cloud (IX-143).
OLGA: Am S/S 1919 2,496gt
1941: 5/24; 6/20; 7/10; 7/22; 11/8
3/12/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U126 about 26nm northeast of Bahia de Manati, north Cuba at 21 32N 76 24W.
Voyage: Port Everglades for Baracoa (Cuba) in ballast.
OLGA E. EMBIRICOS: Gre S/S 1922 4,677gt
1943: 3/30 detained-proceeding 4/4
1/29/1944: Torpedoed and sunk by U188 in Gulf of Aden about 140nm SSE of Al Mukalla, Yemen at 12 30N-50 10E.
Voyage: Durban for Aden and Massawa (Eritrea) with coal.
OLGA S.: Dmk M/V 1938 2,252gt
Arr 1940: 1/2; 1/10; 3/18; 3/25
6/1940: Transferred to UK.
4/6/1941: As British ship, sunk in air attack about 85nm WNW of Malin Head at 55 48N-09 45W.
Voyage: Liverpool and the Clyde for Takoradi with 4 aircraft, general cargo and Government stores.
OLGA TOPIC: Yug S/S 1918 4,375gt
1939: 9/23 Arr 1940: 6/7; 6/13 1941: 8/22 1942: 2/9
OLIVEBANK: Br M/V 1926 5,154gt
1943: 4/21; 7/23
OLIVER ELLSWORTH: Am (EC2) 1942 7,191gt
1942: 8/3
9/13/1942: Torpedoed by either U408 or U589, or both, about 130nm WSW of Spitsbergen at 75 52N-07 55E.
Sunk by gunfire from RN escort. Voyage: Philadelphia, New York, Halifax, and Reykjavik in convoy PQ 18 for
Archangel with ammunition and aircraft.
OLIVER EVANS: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1943: 12/21 1944: 3/4
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY: Am (EC2) 1942 7,176gt
1942: 12/7
1943: 2/26; 5/14; 12/21
1945: 1/26; 4/2 detained for repairs-proceeding 4/6; 5/1
OLIVER LOVING: Am (EC2) 1944 7,247gt
1945: 5/15
OLIVER WESTOVER: France (EC2) 1945 7,176gt
1945: 5/29
OLIVER WOLCOTT: Am (EC2) 1942 7,181gt
1943: 12/4; 12/21 1944: 3/7; 3/20
OLNEY: Am S/T 1920 7,294gt
1942: 10/26R
1943: 3/12 voyage abandoned-clearance cancelled; 3/13; 11/13; 12/7
1944: 1/11; 2/10; 3/22; 4/29; 6/9; 7/19; 8/12; 12/15
1945: 5/5 detained-waiting for navy orders-proceeding 5/11
OLOPANA: Am S/S 1920 6,069gt
Arr 1940: 11/25
1941: 2/28; 6/26; 9/30
7/7/1942: Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U255 in Barents Sea 10 miles west of Moller Bay, Novaya Zemlya at approx
72 10N-51E about 160nm north of island Kolguyev Ostrov. Sank on following day. She was sailing alone after her
convoy scattered due to enemy attacks.
Voyage: Philadelphia, and Reykjavik in convoy PQ 17 for Archangel with explosives, gasoline and trucks.
OLTENIA II: Br S/T 1928 6,394gt (ex OLTENIA-Romania 1941)
1941: 5/10; 7/18; 9/23
3/29/1942: Damaged in air attack by Japanese aircraft in Bay of Bengal about 140nm northeast of Vishagapatam at
18 36N-85 33E. Proceeded to Bombay and Abadan for repairs. Voyage: Calcutta for Abadan in ballast.
1/8/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U436 west of Canary Islands at 27 59N-28 50W.
Voyage: Trinidad in convoy TM 1 for Gibraltar with furnace oil, lubricating oil, weapons and ammunition.
OLYMPIA: Dmk M/V 1930 4,488gt
1939: 9/2; 11/16 1940: 6/4
1941: Transferred to Panama renamed Snark *(sunk).
OLYMPIC: Pan S/T 1907 5,335gt (ex American 1940)
1941: 10/25; 11/29; 12/30
1/22/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U130 about 8nm east of Kill Devil Hills at 36 01N-75 30W. No survivors.
Voyage: Curacao for Baltimore with crude oil.
OLYMPOS: Gre S/S (War) 1918 5,216gt
Arr 1940: 1/9; 3/19
OMAHA: Pan S/S 1919 2,114gt (ex FRODE*Dmk 1941)
1942: 3/16; 6/16; 11/27R
1943: 4/13
2/27/1944: Grounded on Egret Reef, 7 miles east of Monkhouse Point near Cooktown, Queensland, Australia. Refloated 3/6.
Taken to Cairns. Arr 2/8/1945 at Sydney NSW where condemned. Voyage: Newcastle NSW for Milne Bay.
OMAR E. CHAPMAN: Am (EC2) 1943 7,176gt
1944: 2/4; 4/1 1945: 5/30
OMBILIN: Du S/S 1916 5,658gt
1942: 11/12R
12/12/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Tazzoli in Central Atlantic, north of Brazil at 07 25N-39 19W.
Voyage: Montreal, New York and Trinidad for Cape Town and Durban with military cargo, lumber and iron.
ONDINA: Du M/T 1939 6,341gt
1939: 12/29
1941: 5/10; 7/9; 9/20
1944: 6/17; 7/24; 9/12; 10/28
1945: 4/2
11/11/1942: Badly damaged in battle with IJN AMCs Aikoku Maru and Hokoku Maru south of the Cocos Islands at
19 45S-92 40E. The tanker with escort Indian minesweeper-sloop HMIS Bengal sank Hokoku Maru with gunfire.
Aikoku Maru.also damaged, stopped the engagement to pick up survivors. Ondina returned to Fremantle arr 11/18
for repairs. PermR in US. Voyage: Fremantle for Diego Garcia and Abadan with wheat.
ONEIDA: Am S/S (Laker) 1919 2,664gt
1941: 2/5; 3/15; 4/16; 8/2; 9/5; 11/11
1942: 3/14; 9/6
1941: Bareboat chartered to US Army as cargo ship USAT Oneida.
5/4/1943: As USAT, foundered in heavy seas in North Atlantic about 290nm east of Savannah at 31 24N-75 20W.
Voyage: New York in convoy for Guantanamo.
ONEIDA: Am S/S (Laker) 1920 2,309gt
1942: 1/17
7/13/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U166 in Windward Passage about 2nm north of Punta de Maisi, northeast Cuba at
20 17N-74 06W. Voyage: San Juan PR (lv 7/7) and Barahona (Dominican Rep.) in convoy NG 359 for Point Gorda,
Cuba in ballast.
ONEIDA VICTORY: Am (VC2) 1944 7,607gt
1945: 7/17; 8/25
ONOMEA: Am S/S (War) 1917 5,520gt
1940: 1/27; 3/29
1940: Transferred to UK, renamed Empire Leopard*(Br-sunk).
ONTARIO: Honduras S/S 1904 3,099gt (ex American 1942)
1942: 4/18
5/7/1942: Sunk by gunfire from U507 about 100nm southeast of South Pass, Mississippi Delta at 28 11N-87 32W.
Voyage: Puerto Cortez (Honduras) for Mobile with bananas.
ONTARIOLITE: Br/Can M/T 1925 8,889gt
1943: 12/7
1944: 1/15; 2/21; 3/25; 5/5; 6/19; 9/27
OPALIA: Br M/T 1938 6,195gt
1941: 9/20
1942: 12/19 delayed-engine trouble-clearance cancelled
1943: 3/17; 4/29; 6/12; 8/9; 8/26; 10/19; 10/29
1944: 2/26; 9/9; 11/8
1945: 6/14
2/16/1942: Slightly damaged by gunfire from U564 over 450nm east of Virginia at 37 38N-66 07W.
OPEQUON: Am (T2) 1943 10,195gt
1944: 1/22; 1/28; 3/9; 4/14; 5/20; 6/23; 7/25; 8/26;
10/23-destination changed to Galveston instead of Calcutta via Houston (11/3)
1945: 4/7
OPOLE: Poland (EC2) 1943 7,176gt (ex WALTER HINES PAGE-Am 1945)
1945: 6/15
ORADELL: Honduras S/S 1924 1,645gt
Arr 1940: 7/22; 8/26; 9/28; 11/18; 12/14
1941: 1/14; 2/11; 3/11; 4/10
1941: Transferred to Panama.
ORAN M. ROBERTS: Am (EC2) 1943 7,244gt
1943: 9/8; 11/20
1944: 4/17; 10/4
1945: 2/1; 5/8; 5/17
ORANGELEAF: Br S/T 1917 5,927gt
1943: 2/27
ORARI: Br M/V Reefer 1931 10,350gt
1941: 5/27 1943: 2/17; 5/5 1944: 2/4; 7/11 1945: 3/3
12/13/1940: Torpedoed by U43 WSW of Ireland at 49 50N-20 55W. Proceeded to Rothesay Bay arr 12/16 for repairs
and to discharge cargo. Voyage: Melbourne for Avonmouth with refrigerated and general cargo.
6/16/1942: Mined at entrance to Malta harbor. TempR completed 8/7.
Voyage: Arrived from Glasgow and Gibraltar with military cargo.
ORBIS: Am S/S 1899 5,200gt
1942: 9/25
1943: 1/5; 5/7; 12/17
1944: 4/10; 8/18; 12/11
1945: 3/31; 7/3
ORCADES: Br S/S Pass-Reefer 1937 23,456gt
1942: 8/6-S
10/10/1942: Torpedoed by U172 about 230nm southwest of Cape Town at 35 51S-14 40E. Abandoned. Two hours later
torpedoed again and sunk. Voyage: Cape Town (lv 10/9) sailed independently for the UK with 723 passengers, 290
crew, 36 gunners and general cargo. 46 lives lost. Survivors were rescued by Narwik (Pol) and taken to Cape Town.
OREGON: Am M/V (C1-B) 1941 6,754gt
1941: 9/30
12/10/1941: Sunk in a collision with a US Government vessel off Nantucket at 41 20N-70 02W.
Voyage: Lourenco Marques for Boston with general cargo.
OREGON: France M/V 1929 7,706gt
1939: 12/30
Arr 1940: 1/16
1944: 5/10; 8/20; 11/18
1945: 2/10; 4/10; 6/23; 8/23
OREGON I: Br M/V 1916 4,774gt (ex OREGON-Dmk 1940)
9/29/1944: (As noted in Clearance Blotter:)
Arrived from Saint John NB going to Liverpool. In New York only for repairs. No cargo laden in NY.
1/4/1945: Grounded at Wilson’s Point, near Bangor, Ireland where broke in two. Scrapped.
Voyage: Newport for St. Johns in ballast.
OREGON EXPRESS: Nor M/V Reefer 1933 3,642gt
1942: 5/5; 6/12; 7/16; 9/5; 10/10; 11/16
1943: 5/30; 7/18
9/23/1943: Torpedoed and sunk by U238 in SSE of Cape Farewell at 53 40N-39 50W.
Voyage: Manchester (lv 9/14) in convoy ON 202 which joined up on 9/20 with ONS 18 for Halifax in ballast.
OREGONIAN: Am S/S 1917 4,862gt
Arr 1940: 6/25; 11/20; 12/6
1941: 4/15; 4/29; 11/12
1942: 5/2
9/13/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by aircraft in Norwegian Sea about 105nm WSW of Spitsbergen at 76N-09 30E.
Voyage: New York, and Reykjavik in convoy PQ 18 for Archangel with tanks, steel, aircraft and food.
OREMAR: Am S/S 1919 6,854gt (ex EDGEHILL-Am 1939)
1941: 8/7
1943: 4/12; 9/13; 12/7
1944: 1/27; 6/23; 8/30; 11/25
1945: 8/27
ORESTES: Br M/V Pass-Reefer 1926 7,748gt
1939: 12/5 1943: 12/7 1945: 1/7
6/9/1942: Slightly damaged by gunfire from IJN submarine I-24 southeast of Jervis Bay, Sydney, Australia.
ORFOR: Br S/S 1921 6,578gt
1942: 3/24
12/14/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U105 in southwest North Atlantic at approx 16N-50W.
Voyage: Calcutta, and Cape Town (lv 11/16) sailing independently for St Thomas (Virgin I.), Kingston
(Jamaica) and Ciudad Trujillo (Dominican Rep.) with gunny sacks made of jute fiber.
ORIENT CITY: Br S/S 1940 5,095gt
1942: 8/9 1944: 11/9 1945: 1/22
ORIENTAL: Am S/S (C2-S-B1) 1944 6,214gt
1944: 11/6; 12/24
1945: 2/10; 4/14; 6/28
3/19/1944: Mined east of Espiritu Santos at 15 31 36S-167 17 49E. Arr Espiritu Santos on same day.
Voyage: San Francisco (lv 3/3) for Espiritu Santos (New Hebrides) with general cargo and oil in drums.
ORIENTE: Am S/S Pass-Reefer 1930 11,520gt
1939: 9/1; 9/9; 9/16; 9/23; 9/30; 10/7; 10/14; 10/21; 10/28; 11/4; 11/15; 11/22; 11/29; 12/6; 12/13; 12/20; 12/27
Arr 1940: 1/2; 1/9; 1/16; 1/23; 1/30; 2/6; 2/13; 2/20; 2/27; 3/5; 3/12; 3/19; 3/26; 4/2; 4/9; 4/19; 4/26; 5/3; 5/10; 5/17; 5/24; 5/31;
6/14; 6/21; 6/28; 7/5; 7/12; 7/19; 7/26; 8/2; 8/9; 8/23; 8/30; 9/6; 9/13; 9/20; 9/27; 10/4; 10/11; 10/18; 10/25; 11/1; 11/8;
11/19; 11/26; 12/3; 12/10; 12/17; 12/24; 12/31
1941: 1/8; 1/15; 1/22; 1/29; 2/5; 2/12; 2/19; 2/26; 3/5; 3/12; 3/19; 3/26; 4/2; 4/11; 4/19; 4/26; 5/17; 5/24; 5/31; 6/7
1941: To US Army ownership as transport. Renamed USAT Thomas H. Barry.
ORIENTE: Cuba S/S 1898 570gt
1944: 8/15 1945: 5/16
ORION: Gre S/S Reefer 1909 4,798gt
1941: 4/19
ORION: Br S/S-Pass 1935 23,371gt
1943: 9/3; 10/20 1944: 4/5
9/1941: In a collision with battleship HMS Revenge
ORISKANY: Honduras S/S 1924 1,645gt
Arr 1940: 11/28; 12/26
1941: 1/3; 2/1; 2/28; 3/28
1941: Transferred to Panama.
2/17/1942: As Panamanian ship, sailed from Tanjung Priok, Netherlands East Indies for Colombo.
1942: Transferred to UK.
2/24/1945: As British ship, torpedoed and sunk by U480 about 5nm west of Lands End at 50 04 36N-05 50 40W.
Voyage: Newport in convoy BTC 78 for London.
ORIZABA: Am S/S Pass 1918 6,937gt
1939: 9/8
1941: To US Army ownership as troop transport USAT Orizaba.
6/4/1941: To USN as transport USS Orizaba (AP-24).
7/11/1943: As USN transport, slightly damaged in an air attack off Gela, Sicily.
1945: Sold to Brazil as naval transport, renamed Duque De Caxias.
ORLAND LOOMIS: Am (EC2) 1943 7,207gt
1944: 10/30
ORMINSTER: Br S/S 1914 5,712gt
1941: 11/10 1942: 7/25 1943: 3/4
8/25/1944: Torpedoed and sunk by U480 in English Channnel about 33nm S of Saint Catherine’s Point at 50 09N-00 44W.
Voyage: Juno Beach, Normandy in convoy FTM 74 for Portsmouth in ballast.
ORMONDALE: Pan S/S 1912 4,733gt (ex PAULINE FRIEDERICH-Germany 1941; VASSOS-Gre 1939)
1943: 6/9
12/7/1941: As Pauline Friederich, seized by US Government. Transferred to Panama, renamed Ormondale.
ORNEFJELL: Nor S/S 1937 1,334gt
1942: 12/16
1943: 3/24; 6/25; 10/2; 11/1; 11/26; 12/21
1944: 1/20; 2/19; 3/15; 4/11; 5/9; 8/28; 10/3; 11/3; 12/9
1945: 1/15; 2/28; 4/25; 5/29; 6/30; 8/3; 8/29
ORONTES: Br S/S Pass-Reefer 1929 20,097gt
1942: 9/26-S
OROPOS: Gre S/S 1913 4,474gt
Arr 1940: 7/5
1941: 7/23 detained-engine trouble-proceeding 7/28
12/18/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U621 in mid-North Atlantic at approx 51N-37W. No survivors.
Voyage: London, and Loch Ewe in convoy ON 152 for Halifax in ballast.
OROTAVA: Honduras S/S Reefer 1927 2,711gt
Arr 1940: 11/16 1941: 6/19; 7/26 1942: 2/24; 3/21
ORPHEUS: Am S/S (C2-S-AJ1) 1944 8,258gt
1944: 4/5; 6/7; 8/2; 9/19; 11/6
1945: 1/1; 3/6; 5/1
ORVILLE HARDEN: Pan M/T 1933 11,191gt
1939: 10/31
Arr 1940: 4/12; 10/28
1941: 6/26; 12/31
1942: 2/28; 4/12R; 11/13; 12/14R
1943: 3/3 detained-waiting for orders-proceeding 3/9; 4/23; 6/22; 8/26; 10/23
1944: 4/25; 12/22 diverted to Houston instead of Corpus Christi (12/27)
1945: 1/14; 4/3; 7/2
ORWELL: Pan S/T Whale factory 1905 7,920gt (Ex Norwegian)
1942: 12/3
1943: As Norwegian 1/13R; 3/10; 5/29; 7/10
1944: As Norwegian 2/29
3/14/1941: Damaged in an air attack while at Liverpool.
OSAGE: Am S/S 1921 2,649gt
1941: 4/10; 5/15; 6/17; 10/28; 12/1
1942: 1/14; 2/12; 3/24; 10/22
OSCAR CHAPPELL: Am (EC2) 1943 7,244gt
1943: 12/3
1945: 3/3; 5/15 detained-waiting for navy orders-proceeding 5/29
OSCAR F. BARRETT: Am (Z-ET) 1943 7,208gt
1944: 9/22 1945: 1/31
OSCAR GORTHON: Swe S/S 1939 1,811gt
1941: 10/14
1944: 8/25; 11/18
1945: 2/8; 4/23; 7/31
OSCAR S. STRAUSS: Am (Z-ET) 1943 7,218gt
1944: 7/11; 12/9
OSCILLA: Du M/T 1939 6,341gt
1941: 3/21; 6/23
3/15/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Morosini about 155nm NE of Anguilla at 19 15N-60 25W.
Voyage: Androssan for Curacao in ballast.
OSLOFJORD: Nor M/V Pass 1938 18,673gt
1939: 9/19; 10/18; 12/20
Arr 1940: 1/2
12/1/1940: Damaged by aerial mine at mouth of theTyne. Beached off South Shields.
1/21-22/1941: Capsized in a severe storm, broke in two and sank in shallow water. Total Loss.
Voyage: Halifax and Gourock (lv 11/28) with mail, wheat and lumber for Newcastle on Tyne.
3/15/1943: Freighter Evgenia Chandri*(Gre) collided with the wreck of Oslofjord.and became a total loss.
OSMOND: Pan S/T 1903 6,725gt (ex ALABAMA-Italy 1943)
1943: 7/3
1945: Transferred to US. Renamed Quiros (Am).
OSMUSSAAR: USSR S/S 1909 2,229gt (ex Finland 1941)
1943: 3/2
OSTENDE: Belgium S/S 1903 4,438gt
1942: 9/28R; 12/26
1/17/1943: Mined about 14nm south of Tiree Island, Inner Hebrides at 56 13N-07W. Caught fire, beached, then exploded.
Voyage: New York for Liverpool with general cargo, steel and ammunition.
OSTHAV: Nor M/T 1931 8,417gt
1943: 10/6; 10/16 detained for repairs-proceeding 10/24; 12/11
1944: 2/12; 3/11; 4/28R; 5/18; 6/29; 11/22
1945: 5/17
OTAIO: Br M/V Reefer 1930 10,298gt
1940: 10/4
9/7-9/1940: Damaged by a dud bomb that penetrated through three decks during a night air raid on London Docks.
8/28/1941: Torpedoed and sunk by U558 about 265nm west of Ireland at 52 16N-17 50W.
Voyage: Liverpool (lv 8/23) in convoy OS 4 for Curacao and Sydney NSW with general cargo, mail and stores.
OTHO: Am S/S 1920 4,839gt
1939: 11/8
Arr 1940: 3/1; 6/10; 9/30
1941: 2/6; 5/24; 9/19
1942: 1/9
4/3/1942: Torpedoed and sunk by U754 about 170nm northeast of Cape Hatteras at 36 25N-72 22W. Voyage: Pointe Noire
and from Takoradi sailing independently for New York and Philadelphia with tin, manganese ore and palm oil.
OTINA: Br M/T 1938 6,217gt
1941: 8/8 1942: 11/20R