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SS ''El Occidente'' was a cargo ship for the Morgan Line, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Company. During World War I, she was known as USAT ''El Occidente'' in service with the United States Army and as USS ''El Occidente'' (ID-3307) in service with the United States Navy. At the end of war, she reverted to her original name of SS ''El Occidente''. Built in 1910, SS ''El Occidente'' was one of four sister ships that carried cargo and a limited number of passengers for the Morgan Line. She was acquired by the U.S. Army after the United States entered World War I in April 1917, and converted to carry horses and mules to France. In February 1918, she fought a 20-minute gun battle with two German submarines, destroying the periscope of one. In August 1918, the ship was transferred to the U.S. Navy and continued transporting animals through the end of the war. ''El Occidente'' returned to the Morgan Line in 1919 and sailed with them until June 1941, when the entire Morgan Line fleet was purchased by the United States Maritime Commission. While serving as a civilian-crewed cargo ship during World War II, ''El Occidente'' was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine ''U-435'' on 13 April 1942. == Early career == SS ''El Occidente'' was a cargo and passenger steamship launched on 24 September 1910 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. of Newport News, Virginia (yard no. 133), and delivered to the Atlantic division of the Morgan Line on 2 December 1910. She was the newest of four sister ships; the older three being , ''El Mundo'', and . ''El Occidente'' was ,〔 was long by abeam, and made .〔Crowell and Wilson, p. 315.〕 The vessel sailed for the Morgan Line, the brand name of the Southern Pacific Steamship Company (a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific Railroad), which employed her to carry cargo and a limited number of passengers between New York and New Orleans, the eastern terminus of the Southern Pacific line.〔 In April 1913, ''The New York Times'' reported that ''El Occidente'', loaded only with cargo, had rammed a schooner in fog off the New Jersey coast. Responding to a wireless message, the Savannah steamer ''City of Montgomery'' came alongside ''El Occidente'' to offer assistance, but was refused. The name and fate of the schooner were not reported. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS El Occidente」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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