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The official vessel status card identifies Richard Montgomery as Maritime Commission hull 1199, an EC2 cargo ship built by St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company at Jacksonville, operated by Agwilines under a General Agency Agreement and completed/delivered at Jacksonville on 29 July 1943 at 7:47 PM Eastern War Time.
Claim record CLM-0144 in the public UNEXPLODED archive.
Claim: CLM-0144
The official vessel status card identifies Richard Montgomery as Maritime Commission hull 1199, an EC2 cargo ship built by St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company at Jacksonville, operated by Agwilines under a General Agency Agreement and completed/delivered at Jacksonville on 29 July 1943 at 7:47 PM Eastern War Time.
Status: verified | Confidence: high | Date: 1943-07-29
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