Ridgefield
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James
A Butts was a Liberty ship laid down by Sun Shipbuilding
& Drydock in December 1944, and was launched in
February the year after for the US Maritime Commission.
After the war she changed both name and owners a couple of
times before she in 1958 sailed under Liberian flag as
Ridgefield. Under a journey from Maracaibo to Galveston
loaded with alcohol and grain she hit ground outside
Cayman Island 18. December 1962. Firmly stuck on the reed
she was slowly broken down by tidal waves and broke in two
parts. The wreck is totally broken down to bits these days
and the battered remains of her rest partly visible on the
surface and down to a depth of ten meter one nautical mile
outside Sand Bluff.
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| Last updated: November 2019 |
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