MV Diamond Knot

	C1-M-AV1 type ship
History
United States
Name	MV Diamond Knot
Owner	War Shipping Administration
Operator	United States Lines 1944 to 1947; Alaska Steamship Co. 1947;
Ordered	as type (C1-M-AV1) hull, MC
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation
Commissioned	December 23, 1944
General characteristics [not specific enough to verify]
Class and type	Alamosa-class cargo ship
Type	C1-M-AV1
Tonnage	5,032 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Displacement	2,382 long tons (2,420 t) (standard); 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) (full load);
Length	388 ft 8 in (118.47 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
Installed power	1 × Nordberg, TSM 6 diesel engine ; 1,750 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × propeller
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	3,945 t (3,883 long tons) DWT; 9,830 cu ft (278 m3) (refrigerated); 227,730 cu ft (6,449 m3) (non-refrigerated);
Complement	10 Officers; 69 Enlisted;
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose gun (DP); 6 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons;

The MV Diamond Knot was a C1-M-AV1 ship owned by the War Shipping Administration. She was operated by United States Lines from 1944 to 1947 under a bareboat under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration for World War II.

In 1947 she was operated by the Alaska Steamship Co. She sank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the night of August 12, 1947, after a collision with the SS Fenn Victory.^[3] The sinking resulted in the largest collision cargo loss in the waters of the Pacific Coast to that time. The ship was carrying a large cargo of canned salmon, most of which was subsequently recovered, repackaged, and sold.^[4]

The wreck remains on the seafloor where it originally sank, at a depth of 70 to 130 ft, and is a popular spot for recreational SCUBA divers ^[5]^[6]

References[edit]

^ Navsource 2014.
^ C1 Cargo Ships 2009.
^ "MV Diamond Knot". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ Salvage of the Diamond Knot's Cargo, Saltwater People Historical Society
^ "Diamond Knot Wreck". Emerald Diving.
^ M/S Diamond Knot, DCS Films

[FOOTNOTENavsource2014-1] Navsource 2014.

[FOOTNOTEC1_Cargo_Ships2009-2] C1 Cargo Ships 2009.

[3] "MV Diamond Knot". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[4] Salvage of the Diamond Knot's Cargo, Saltwater People Historical Society

[5] "Diamond Knot Wreck". Emerald Diving.

[6] M/S Diamond Knot, DCS Films

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