TYRRELL AKA 80

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Tolland Class Attack Cargo Ship Keel Laid May 9 1944 - Launched July 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy July 30 1944 USS TYRRELL AKA-80 Commissioned December 4 1944 - Decommissioned April 19 1946 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet Struck from Naval Register May 1 1946 CALIFORNIA BEAR (Commercial Service) Sold 1948 to Pacific Far East Line Inc. of Delaware and renamed Official Number: 251970 AMERICAN BEAR (Commercial Service) Renamed 1961 GREEN LAKE (Commercial Service) Sold in 1963 to Central Gulf Steamship Corp and renamed OCEANIC CLOUD (Commercial Service) Sold, 4 January 1965, to Oceanic Ore Carriers, Inc. and renamed Possibly under charter to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)? Taken over by United States Department of Commerce circa 1968? In operation until 1971

 

Conflicting History Data

The ownership and name change dates are in question.

The original DANFS has the following progression:
- Purchased 1948 by the Pacific Far East Line, Inc and renamed SS California Bear
- Renamed SS American Bear in 1961
- Sold in 1963 to Central Gulf Steamship Corp and renamed SS Green Lake
- Taken over by United States Department of Commerce circa 1968 and renamed SS Oceanic Cloud
- In operation until 1971

Wikipedia matches DANFS except at the end where it states that the ship was "sold for scrapping on 13 October 1967 to Kuang I. Enterprises Co., China." This matches NavSource (see below) but a 1967 scrapping date contradicts prior text in the article and contradicts DANFS.

NavSource has different dates for ownership changes:
- Sold, 26 May 1947, to Pacific Far East Line Inc. and renamed SS California Bear
- Renamed SS America Bear, 24 January 1961
- Sold, 15 June 1962, to Central Gulf Steamship Corp., renamed SS Green Lake
- Sold, 4 January 1965, to Oceanic Ore Carriers, Inc., renamed SS Oceanic Cloud
- Sold for scrapping, 13 October 1967, to Kuang I. Enterprises Co., Ltd., China

Merchant Vessels of the United States shows the following progression:
- 1961 California Bear - owned by Pacific Far East Line Inc
- 1962 American Bear - owned by Pacific Far East Line Inc
- 1963-65 Green Lake - owned by Central Gulf Steamship Corp
- 1966-67 ?
- 1968 Oceanic Cloud - owned by US Secretary of Commerce
This data supports DANFS and contradicts NavSource in terms of dates

An article titled Coast Guard Patrol Boats Got MSTS Lift to Vietnam in the April 1966 issue of Sealift Magazine specifically mentions SS Oceanic Cloud as one of the MSTS-chartered ships that brought Coast Guard patrol craft from east coast ports. A 1966 date contradicts DANFS and Wikipedia but supports NavSource. Access to a 1966 or 1967 issue of Merchant Vessels of the United States would be helpful.

Note that Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1969 has no entry for Oceanic Cloud. However, it does have an entry for a Green Lake owned by Central Gulf Steamship Corp but this is a different ship. Its official number is 248700 and is listed as ex-Ernie Pyle with the name change occurring in 1965. This date also supports NavSource in terms of when Green Lake (ex-Tyrrell) was renamed Oceanic Cloud.

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-03-03

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Other Information

TYRRELL received one battle star for her World War II service

NAMESAKE - A county in North Carolina named for Sir John Tyrrell, a lord proprietor of Carolina

 

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