SS Pruth
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- SS Pruth
- IMO number
- 1139109
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
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- Builder
- J.L. Thompson and Sons
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About SS Pruth
SS Pruth was a 4698 gross register ton steamship built by J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland for the Hain Steamship Company in 1916. The ship was on a voyage from New York to Cairns, via Port Moresby when she was wrecked upon Nateara Reef near Port Moresby on 31 December 1923. Attempts to salvage her failed. Her wreck became known as the "Moresby Wreck". Her wreck was used for strafing and bombing practice by the United States Army Air Forces Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 and 1943 during World War II. Six Allied aircraft crashed while undertaking the strafing and bombing practice.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is SS Pruth now?
- SS Pruth has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is SS Pruth?
- SS Pruth is a ship.
- Has SS Pruth been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for SS Pruth appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).