SS Sea Scamp explained

USAT Sea Scamp was a Type C3 ship S-A2 troop transport that saw service in World War II.

She was launched on 30 April 1943 by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, under a Maritime Commission contract with owner Lykes Brothers Steamship Company.

Voyages

• Sailed from Oakland, CA 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 San Francisco, CA arriving 17 January 1945
• Sailed from San Francisco to The Admiralty Islands February 1945
• Sailed from ? on ? for New York City, New York 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 New York City, New York arriving 9 February 1946
• Sailed from England (?) on ? February 1946 for New York City, New York arriving 4 March 1946

The ship was purchased by Matson Line 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.^[1] It was sold to U.S. Maritime Commission in 1964 and renamed Pecos in 1966. It was scrapped in 1971.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historic Earthquakes. The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. November 2013. 4 November 2013.
2. Web site: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula MS. shipbuildinghistory. December 2010. 21 January 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080829130900/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/1major/active/ingalls.htm. 29 August 2008.