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Z-ET1-S-C3 Liberty Tankers built by California Shipbuilding, Los Angeles, CA.
Charles T. Yerkes
Z-ET1-S-C3

Armadillo Class Mobile Station Tanker.
The Miramar Ship Index for
CHARLES T. YERKES     Design Z-ET1-S-C3
IDNo / IMO
2244761     =     MCE 1909
Year
1943
Name
CHARLES T. YERKES
Flag
USA
Owner
US Maritime Commission
Type
Tanker
Tons
7176
DWT
14245
LOA
147.37
LPP
126.80
Beam
17.34
Dept
11.38
Draft
8.41
Machinery
1T-11
Power
2500
ShipDesign
Z-ET1-S-C3
Builder
California Shipuilding Corp.
Yard
Terminal Is
Yard No
T30
Country built
USA
Keel
18.10.1943
Launch
20.11.1943
Completed
15.12.1943
Subsequent History
1943 Renamed JAGUAR, 27 October 1943.
1943 JAGUAR - Acquired by the US Navy, 15 December 1943.
1943 USS JAGUAR (IX-120) - Commissioned, 18 December 1943.
1946 CHARLES T. YERKES - Delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA), 10 June 1946, at Norfolk, VA., named reverted to SS CHARLES T. YERKES.
1948 HARRY PEER - Sold, May 1948, to Ocean Tankers Ltd., Dover, DE., renamed SS HARRY PEER.
1949 TINI - Resold in 1949 to Tini Steamship Co., Ltd., Dover, DE., and converted to a grain carrier by Alabama Drydock Co., Mobile, AL., , 7163 grt., renamed SS TINI.
1951 ILLENAO - Resold in 1951 to Cia de Nav Las Cruces SA, , renamed SS ILLENAO, reflagged Panamanian.
1954 ILLENAO - Resold in 1954 to S. N. Difonis, Athens, (name retained), Panamanian flag.
End
1954
Disposal Data
Final Disposition, grounded near Prongs Lighthouse, Bombay, 4 June 1954, while bound from Fremantle to Bombay with wheat - refloated with extensive bottom damage also to machinery and boilers, declared total loss, sold to local breakers.
( See photo below )
Ex-"Jaguar" (IX-120) in commercial service as the Cia de Nav Las Cruces SA's grain carrier SS "Illenao" underway,
circa 1951-54, place unknown.
( Photo thanks to David Nixon )