The MV Diamond Knot was a C1-M-AV1 ship owned by the War Shipping Administration. She was operated by United States Lines from 1944 to 1947 under a bareboat under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration for World War II.
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 United States | |
| Name | MV Diamond Knot |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration |
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| Ordered | as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation |
| Commissioned | December 23, 1944 |
| General characteristics [1][not specific enough to verify] | |
| Class and type | Alamosa-class cargo ship |
| Type | C1-M-AV1 |
| Tonnage | 5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)[2] |
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| Length | 388 ft 8 in (118.47 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
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| Propulsion | 1 × propeller |
| Speed | 11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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In 1947 she was operated by the Alaska Steamship Co. She sank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the night of August 12, 1947, after a collision with the SS Fenn Victory.[3] The sinking resulted in the largest collision cargo loss in the waters of the Pacific Coast to that time. The ship was carrying a large cargo of canned salmon, most of which was subsequently recovered, repackaged, and sold.[4]
The wreck remains on the seafloor where it originally sank, at a depth of 70 to 130 ft, and is a popular spot for recreational SCUBA divers [5][6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
- ^ "MV Diamond Knot". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Salvage of the Diamond Knot's Cargo, Saltwater People Historical Society
- ^ "Diamond Knot Wreck". Emerald Diving.
- ^ M/S Diamond Knot, DCS Films