USAT ''Sea Scamp'' was a

Type C3 ship Type C3-class ships were the third type of cargo ship designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in the late 1930s. As it had done with the Type C1 ships and Type C2 ships, MARCOM circulated preliminary plans for comment. The desi ...

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that saw service in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. She was launched on 30 April 1943 by

Ingalls Shipbuilding Ingalls Shipbuilding is a shipyard located in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States, originally established in 1938, and now part of HII. It is a leading producer of ships for the United States Navy, and at 12,500 employees, the second largest ...

Pascagoula, Mississippi Pascagoula ( ) is a city in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It is the principal city of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area. The population was 22 ...

, under a

Maritime Commission The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 19 ...

contract with owner

Lykes Brothers Steamship Company Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., also called Lykes Lines, was a cargo shipping company acting from the beginning of the 20th century to 2005 having its main business in the trade to and from the United States. History In 1898 the sons of Dr. Howell Tys ...

. Voyages *Sailed from

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31 March 1944 for Finschafen, New Guinea arriving 30 April 1944 *Sailed from Hilo, Hawaii 14 July 1944 for Saipan, Marianas arriving 11 August 1944 *Sailed from San Francisco 17 November 1944 for Hollandia, New Guinea arriving 5 December 1944 *Sailed from New Guinea 25 December 1944 for

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arriving 17 January 1945 *Sailed from ? on ? for

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arriving 5 September 1945 *Sailed from New York City, New York January 4, 1946 arriving 17 January 1946 in Le Havre *Sailed from Le Havre, France on 28 January 1946 for

arriving 9 February 1946 *Sailed from England (?) on ? February 1946 for

arriving 4 March 1946 The ship was purchased by

Matson Line Matson, Inc. is an American shipping and navigation services company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. Founded in 1882, Matson, Inc.'s subsidiary Matson Navigation Company provides ocean shipping services across the Pacific to Hawaii, Alaska, G ...

in 1947 and renamed ''Hawaiian Packer''. The historic Kamchatka earthquake 1952 November 4 16:58:26.0 UTC Magnitude 9.0 generated a tsunami wave in Honolulu harbor which sent a cement barge from its moorings to collide against the freighter. It was sold to U.S. Maritime Commission in 1964 and renamed ''Pecos'' in 1966. It was scrapped in 1971.

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