AH-WR-1389

Manhasset

Cargo Ship · Panama · Lost 1947 · Nova Scotia & Sable Island

A former U.S. Navy and Coast Guard weather patrol ship ended her days wrecked on the sandbars of Sable Island in 1947.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built in 1922 as the cargo ship SS Wilton, this vessel was acquired by the U.S. Maritime Commission and Navy in 1941, converted to a weather patrol ship, and served as USS Manhasset and later USCGC Manhasset during the Second World War. Sold out of government service in 1946, she entered Panamanian merchant registry under the name Manhasset and was wrecked on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, on 4 July 1947, adding to that island's long list of recorded shipwrecks.

Vessel

Built: 1922
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
Yard: Sparrows Point, Maryland
Material: Steel
Length: 250 ft
Beam: 40 ft
Tonnage: 1827
Propulsion: Triple-expansion steam engine, single screw
Owners: Compania de Navegacion Maritima Cassipio S.A., Panama (at loss); formerly Eastern Steamship Co. and the U.S. Navy/Coast Guard