Type C3-class ship

Ships in type

• C3 DWT 12,595 as in
• C3-A DWT 10,000 as in
• C3-E DWT 9,514 as in
• C3-P&C DWT 10,000 some converted to
• C3-S-A1 DWT 12,595 as in some converted to
• C3-S-A2 DWT 12,595 as in
• C3-S1-A3 DWT 12,595 as in
• C3-S-A4 DWT 11,000 the six President ships
• C3-S-A5 DWT 11,800 as in
• C3-S1-BR1 DWT 9,900, three built: Del Norte, Del Sud & Del Mar
• C3-S-BH1 DWT 12,600 five built: Tillie Lykes, Almeria Lykes, Lipscomb Lykes, Norman Lykes & Doctor Lykes
• C3 Mod. DWT 12,430, as in
• C3 conversion: Two Sun Ship C3 ships were converted to s. Mormacmail renamed and Mormacland renamed both were converted to escort carriers, at a top speed of.

  Notable incidents

• a C3-E, was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Madagascar on 30 June 1942.
• a C3, renamed Empire Condor was torpedoed and sank off coast of Tunisia on 13 August 1942.
• Rio Hudson a C3-P&C, rebuilt and converted to Avenger-class escort carrier. Was renamed was torpedoed and sank near Gibraltar on 15 November 1942.
• USN CVE-21, a C3-S-A1, was torpedoed and sank near the Azores-Canary Islands on 29 May 1944.
• Rio de Janeiro a C3-P&C, Avenger-class escort carrier, renamed, exploded and sank in the Lower Clyde in Scotland in 1943.
• The Attack on USNS Card on 2 May 1964, while moored dockside in Saigon, a North Vietnamese frogman, Lam Son Nao, planted an explosive charge that blew a hole in the hull, killing five crewmen.
• Sea Robin a C3-S-A2, sank in 1953.
• Sea Tarpon, a C3-S-A2, sank in 1956.
• Sea Partridge a C3-S-A2, renamed Steel Vendor sank in 1971.
• Mormacsaga a C3-S-A5, sank in 1973.
• Mormacland a C3, renamed Union Reliance was wrecked and scrapped in 1962.
• Riverside a C3-S-A2, wrecked in 1968.