SS Coast Farmer
Coast Farmer Australian War Memorial photograph captioned "Starboard side view of the American transport Coast Farmer which brought U.S. troops to Australia as part of the Pensacola Convoy in 1941-12. She was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 15 miles off Jervis Bay on 1942-07-20. (Naval Historical Collection)" | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name |
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| Builder | Submarine Boat Company, Newark |
| Yard number | 103 |
| Launched | 7 January 1920 |
| Identification | ON 219585 |
| Fate | Sunk, 20 July 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | EFC Design 1023 |
| Tonnage | 3,290 GRT |
| Length | 324 ft (99 m) |
| Beam | 46.2 ft (14.1 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Installed power | 386NHP |
| Propulsion | geared steam turbine |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Coast Farmer, gaining the name in 1937 and previously bearing the names Point Arena (1928) and Riverside Bridge (1920), was a U.S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1023 ship ordered under the name Minnewawa and built as hull #103 by Submarine Boat Company, Newark, New Jersey in 1920 Coast Farmer is noted as being a part of the Pensacola Convoy landing the supplies and troops intended for the Philippines in Darwin, Australia after being diverted on the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship became even more notable being the first of only three ships successfully running the Japanese blockade into the Philippines; leaving Brisbane February 1942. Coast Farmer was torpedoed and sunk off Jervis Bay, New South Wales on 20 July 1942.