SS Mopang

This article is about the steamship. For other uses, see Mopang (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 42°28.086′N 27°41.685′E / 42.468100°N 27.694750°E / 42.468100; 27.694750

History
Name: SS Mopang
Owner: United States Shipping Board
Operator: A. H. Bull & Co.
Route: Constantinople to Burgas
Builder: Submarine Boat Co yards in Newark, New Jersey
Yard number: 90
Launched: 15 November 1919
Completed: 10 January 1920
Maiden voyage: 20 January 1920
Fate: Sank on 30 June 1921 after hitting a mine
General characteristics
Displacement: 3545 GRT
Length: 102.3 m (336 ft)
Beam: 14.1 m (46 ft)
Installed power: One steam engine producing 1,500 hp
Propulsion: One quadruple-blade propeller
Speed: 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Crew: 39 men

Mopang was a Sub Boats type (EFC Design 1023) cargo steamship built in 1920 by the Submarine Boat Co shipyard in Newark, New Jersey owned by Electric Boat Company (later General Dynamics).[1] The ship was produced as part of a special program of the US Shipping Board that provisioned 150 identical ships to compensate for the losses from the war. The vessel sank on July 1, 1921[2] after hitting a mine near the port of Burgas.

The wreck lies largely intact on its starboard side at a depth between 20 m (66 ft) and 33 m (108 ft) of water. Height from the bottom is 7 m (23 ft). The main damage from the explosion is to the bow section of the ship. Clearly discernible are the superstructures, parts of the funnel and deck. The holds and some of the cabins are freely accessible. Parts of the cargo – a heap of boots, wooden boxes with spare parts, etc. are visible in the holds. The screw with a diameter of around three meters and the stern hoist are in place. The anchor chain slides along the hull and sinks into the silt on the bottom. Probably the anchor came loose at the time of sinking and wound itself about the ship.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Search report for 2219280 Miramar Ship Index
  2. ↑ Sixth Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board—Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1922. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1922. p. 118.

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