Troop ship operations were largely to the Southwest Pacific. In 1945 the ship transited the Indian Ocean, Suez and the Atlantic to Hampton Roads and New York. Subsequently, Cape Flattery operated to Europe and the islands of the Caribbean. Completing allocation to Army requirements, the ship was laid up in the Hudson River on 28 April 1946, until it was sold for scrapping on 23 November 1970.
The five-hold ship had two full decks extending the length of the hull and a third extending to the machinery space. The five holds were served by sixteen electric-drive winches. Propulsion was two Hamilton diesels, each of 2,000 horsepower (1,500 kW) at 232.5 rpm with 10% overload capacity, driving a single screw at 90 rpm through Westinghousereduction gears. Two four-cylinder, 450 hp (340 kW) Westinghouse diesels drove General Electric 275 kW (369 hp) generators for electric power.[1]
Operations
The ship was operated by the War Shipping Administration through American Mail as its agent under a General Agency Agreement through the war.[6]Cape Flattery made cargo runs to the South West Pacific for over a year before returning to San Francisco in October 1942, where modifications were made to carry 552 troops with 317,842 cubic feet (9,000.3 m3) of cargo capacity. Troop and cargo voyages to the South West Pacific continued until January 1945 when the ship underwent major repairs before departing via Los Angeles for a voyage through the South West Pacific on to Calcutta, Colombo, Aden and Port Said and across the Atlantic to Hampton Roads and New York. After a trip to Britain, the ship operated from Florida to Jamaica until a final trip from New York to Marseilles and return on 25 December 1945.[7]
On 29 April 1946, Cape Flattery was placed in the Maritime Commission Hudson River Reserve Fleet. The ship remained there until it was sold on 23 November 1970, as one of five ships sold to Aguilar y Peris, S.L., Valencia, Spain for $535,500 as scrap. The ship was delivered from the reserve fleet to the company on 9 April 1971.[6]
Footnotes
^Differences occur in builder's data and registers due to differing measurement methods even within a type of measurement. Registry figures are given preference below.
^The basic C1-B was steam turbine powered. Ten were motorships, five from Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding and five from Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, California.
^Pacific American Steamship Association; Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast (October 1940). "Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp". Pacific Marine Review. San Francisco: J.S. Hines: 66. Retrieved 28 December 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ abcdMaritime Administration. "Cape Flattery". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^Charles, Roland W. (1947). Troopships of World War II(PDF). Washington: The Army Transportation Association. p. 167. LCCN47004779. Retrieved 28 December 2020.