Sessa

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 Helsingør 

1936 27/06

Lastskib med 1 dæk og shelterdæk

 Helsingør, tre cyl. damp- maskine. Type H 9.5, med udstøds- turbine

1750 IHP

12,5 kt.

 1700 2400   1941 Longtaker Panama 1940 4 apr. Lå "Sessa" i New York og blev oplagt samme sted.

1941 2 aug. Overtaget af de Amerikanske, myndigheder.

1941 17 aug. "Longtaker" Panama Torpederet af U-38 . 24 mand mistet. De overlevende, 6 mand, 3 mand døde dog i båden, før de blev sejlet til Reykjavik, efter 19 døgn i redningsbåd, af U.S.S. "Lansdale".

1941 torpederet og sænket, af U-30, 300 mil, vest for Reykjavik.

File:Triple expansion engine animation.gif

An animation of a simplified triple-expansion engine.
High-pressure steam (red) enters from the boiler and passes through the engine, exhausting as low-pressure steam (blue) to the condenser.

S/S SESSA af Esbjerg. Blev i den 12. februar 1938 overtaget af rederiet Ocean A/S, København. I april 1940 oplagt i USA. I juni 1941 beslaglagt af den amerikanske stat og sat i fart under Panama-flag og under navnet LONGTAKER. Torpederet og sænket den 17. april 1941 af tysk undervandsbåd U-38. 24 mand omkom. Seks blev reddet af amerikansk destroyer LANSDALE efter 19 døgn på en redningsflåde.

S/S Sessa af Esbjerg, 1700 Reg. T. Br. Bygget 1936 af Staal. Paa Rejse fra New York til Reykjavik. Torpederet d. 17/8 41 i Atlanterhavet; 6 Danske omkommet. Indberetning fra Gesandtskabet i Reykjavik dat. 22/9 41. Indberetning fra Department of State, Washington, dat. 23/9 41. Forlisanmeldelse dat. København d. 15/11 41. Ved Midnat, da S. befandt sig ca. 300 Sm. fra Reykjavik, blev Skibet torpederet uden Varsel og san i Løbet af 2 Minutter. Af Besætningen reddedes kun 3 Mand, hvoraf 1 Dansk. Blandt de Omkomne var 6 Danske. De omkomne Danske er: Skibsfører Niels Johannes Laurids Nielsen af Odense, Styrmand Jørgen Vilhelm Petersen af Stubbekøbing, Maskinmestrene Alfred Lauersen af København og Robert Sigfried Mørch af Skjern, Hovmester Poul Jensen af København samt Matros Knud Møller Thomsen af Braakesgaard pr. Brovst. 277.


Longtaker under her former name Sessa

Name Longtaker
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 1,700 tons
Completed 1936 - Helsingørs Jernskibs-og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Elsinore 
Owner US Maritime Commission, Washington DC 
Homeport Panama 
Date of attack 18 Aug 1941 Nationality:      Panaman
 
Fate Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Schuch)
Position 61.26N, 30.50W - Grid AD 7969
- See location on a map -
Complement 27 (24 dead and 3 survivors).
Convoy
Route USA - Reykjavik 
Cargo Timber and food stuffs 
History Completed in June 1936 as Danish Sessa for A/S D/S Vesterhavet (J. Lauritzen), Esbjerg. In April 1940 laid up in New York. On 2 Aug, 1941 taken over by US Maritime Commission, renamed Longtaker and registered in Panama. 
Notes on loss

At 02.50 hours on 18 Aug, 1941, the unescorted Longtaker (Master N. Nielsen) was hit in the bow and amidships by two torpedoes from U-38 and sank within one minute. Six crew members survived, but three of them died before being picked up by USS Lansdale (DD 426) on 5 September.

Type

Destroyer

Displacement

1620 BRT 

Length

348 feet 

Complement

276 men 

Armament

5 5" guns
10 21" torpedo tubes 

Max speed

37 knots

Engines

Geared-turbines 

Power

50000 

Notes on class

This class was an improvement on the previous Sims class. The Gleaves type vessels were identical apart from different shape of their smoke stacks. This class was had their machinery arranged in a way to increase the likelyhood of surviving a torpedo hit.

 

U-38

Type

IX

  
Ordered 29 Jul 1936
Laid down 15 Apr 1937 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 943)
Launched 9 Aug 1938
Commissioned 24 Oct 1938 Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe (Knights Cross/Oak Leaves)
Commanders
24 Oct 1938 - 22 Jul 1941   Kptlt. Heinrich Liebe (Knights Cross)
15 Jul 1941 - 6 Jan 1942   Heinrich Schuch
1943 - 1943   Oblt. Ludo Kregelin (in deputize) -- acting
5 Jan 1943 - 22 Aug 1943   Oblt. Helmut Laubert
23 Aug 1943 - 14 Dec 1943   Oblt. Paul Sander
16 Dec 1943 - Dec, 1943   Oblt. Goske von Möllendorff
Jan, 1944 - 14 Apr 1944   Oblt. Herbert Kühn
15 Apr 1944 - 5 May 1945   KrvKpt. Georg Peters
Career
11 patrols
24 Oct 1938 - 31 Aug 1939   6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Sep 1939 - 31 Dec 1939   6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jan 1940 - 30 Nov 1941   2. Flottille (front boat)
1 Dec 1941 - 31 Mar 1942   24. Flottille (training)
1 Apr 1942 - 30 Nov 1943   21. Flottille (school boat)
1 Dec 1943 - 28 Feb 1945   4. Flottille (trial boat)(eb)
1 Mar 1945 - 5 May 1945   5. Flottille (trial boat)(eb)
Successes 35 ships sunk for a total of 188,967 GRT
1 ship damaged for a total of 3,670 GRT
Fate

Scuttled 5 May, 1945 west of Wesermünde in position 53.34N, 08.32E, broken up in 1948

Ships hit by U-38

See the profile page for U-38

Date Commander Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
6 Sep 1939 Heinrich Liebe   Manaar 7,242 br
11 Sep 1939 Heinrich Liebe   Inverliffey 9,456 br
7 Dec 1939 Heinrich Liebe   Thomas Walton 4,460 br
11 Dec 1939 Heinrich Liebe Garoufalia 4,708 gr
13 Dec 1939 Heinrich Liebe Deptford 4,101 br
 
9 Mar 1940 Heinrich Liebe   Leukos 216 ir
17 Mar 1940 Heinrich Liebe Argentina 5,375 da
21 Mar 1940 Heinrich Liebe   Algier 1,654 da
21 Mar 1940 Heinrich Liebe Christiansborg 3,270 da
26 Mar 1940 Heinrich Liebe Cometa 3,794 nw
2 Apr 1940 Heinrich Liebe Signe 1,540 fi HN-23A
14 Jun 1940 Heinrich Liebe   Mount Myrto 5,403 gr
15 Jun 1940 Heinrich Liebe   Erik Boye 2,238 ca HX-47
15 Jun 1940 Heinrich Liebe   Italia 9,973 nw HX-47
20 Jun 1940 Heinrich Liebe Tilia Gorthon 1,776 sw
21 Jun 1940 Heinrich Liebe Luxembourg 5,809 be
22 Jun 1940 Heinrich Liebe Neion 5,154 gr
7 Aug 1940 Heinrich Liebe Mohamed Ali El-Kebir 7,527 br
11 Aug 1940 Heinrich Liebe   Llanfair 4,966 br SL-41
31 Aug 1940 Heinrich Liebe   Har Zion 2,508 br OB-205
1 Oct 1940 Heinrich Liebe Highland Patriot 14,172 br
17 Oct 1940 Heinrich Liebe Aenos 3,554 gr SC-7
18 Oct 1940 Heinrich Liebe Carsbreck (d.) 3,670 br SC-7
19 Oct 1940 Heinrich Liebe Bilderdijk 6,856 nl HX-79
19 Oct 1940 Heinrich Liebe Matheran 7,653 br HX-79
27 Dec 1940 Heinrich Liebe Waiotira 12,823 br
31 Dec 1940 Heinrich Liebe Valparaiso 3,760 sw HX-97
 
4 May 1941 Heinrich Liebe Japan 5,230 sw OB-310
5 May 1941 Heinrich Liebe   Queen Maud 4,976 br OB-309
23 May 1941 Heinrich Liebe Berhala 6,622 nl OB-318
24 May 1941 Heinrich Liebe   Vulcain 4,362 br OB-318
29 May 1941 Heinrich Liebe Tabaristan 6,251 br
30 May 1941 Heinrich Liebe Empire Protector 6,181 br
31 May 1941 Heinrich Liebe Rinda 6,029 nw
8 Jun 1941 Heinrich Liebe   Kingston Hill 7,628 br
18 Aug 1941 Heinrich Schuch Longtaker 1,700 pa
  192,637

35 ships sunk (188,967 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,670 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.

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