SS Camden
History
Name	SS Camden
Owner	Charles Kurz & Co. Inc. and Pennsylvania Shipping Co. Mgrs
Operator	Shell Oil Company Wilmington, DE
Builder	New York Shipbuilding company, Camden, N.J.
Yard number	258
Launched	24 November 1920
Completed	1921
Fate	Sunk by Japanese submarine I-25 in 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Petroleum tanker
Tonnage	6,653 tons
Length	127.9 m - 419.6 feet
Beam	17.2 m -56.4 feet
Draught	10.1 m - 33 feet
Installed power	601 nhp, 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 1 screw 3 single boilers
Propulsion	Oil fueled
Speed	11 knots
Crew	38/42

SS Camden was an American 6,653-ton tanker built by the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey, for the Charles Kurz & Co. Inc. of Pennsylvania Shipping Company. She was operated by Shell Oil Company of Wilmington, Delaware. She was launched in 1921. The ship became famous when it was torpedoed early in World War II off the West Coast of the United States off Coos Bay, Oregon, at 43.38 N, –124.48 W at 7:00 am. She had departed San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, to Portland, Oregon, with fuel oil. The ship was attacked by Japanese submarine I-25 on October 4, 1942 off Oregon. She had been stopped for engine repairs at the time of the attack. She survived the attack, but later sank on October 10. One Crew member died and went down with the ship. The Camden was set on fire by the torpedo hit to her bow and was sinking. The crew abandoned ship and was rescued by a Swedish merchant ship, the MV Kookaburra. The Camden still on fire remained afloat. The tugboat Kenai was towing her to Astoria, Oregon, but then changed the path to Seattle, but the Camden sank off the coast of Washington state at 46.7772, -124.5208 and now rests at a depth of 312 feet.^{[1] [2][3][4][5]}

• California during World War II
• Battle of Los Angeles
• American Theater (1939–1945)
• Military history of the United States during World War II
• United States home front during World War II
• Home front during World War II

• New York Shipbuilding Company Historical Sites
• A Tribute to a Place Called Yorkship
• New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
• A web exhibit of ship christening photos that includes twenty images of launching ceremonies at New York Shipbuilding

46°46′38″N 124°31′15″W / 46.7772°N 124.5208°W / 46.7772; -124.5208