Reuben Tipton
1940
(Risawoleska RI-227)
- Type: Passenger / general cargo
- Displacement: 6,829 tons
- Dimensions: 417-9 x 60-2 x 27-7 ft.
- Machinery: Steam turbines, single screw = 14.0 knots
- Passengers: 8 (all first class)
- Builder: Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Kearney, New Jersey, 1940
- Service: Built for Lykes Bros Steamship Co, services from US Gulf ports-Mexico-Puerto Rico-West Indies-Canal Zone; US Gulf ports-UK-NW Europe; US Gulf ports-Mediterranean. Torpedoed and sunk by U129 23 Oct 1942 at 14 33N, 54 58W, 3 lost & 49 survivors.
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