SS Presidente Trujillo

History
Name	Gouverneur Jaeschke (1900–1917); Watauga (1917–1920); Guantanamo (1920–1933); Presidente Trujillo (1933–1942);
Owner	1900: Hamburg America Line; 1917: US Shipping Board; 1920: Empresa Naviera de Cuba; 1933: Cia Naviera Dominicana;
Port of registry	1900: Hamburg; 1917: San Francisco; 1920: Havana; 1933: Ciudad Trujillo;
Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Yard number	373
Launched	12 October 1900
Completed	December 1900
Identification	1900 code letters LMRC; ; 1917: US official number 215609; 1917: code letters LHVF; ; by 1934: call sign HIFS; ;
Fate	sunk by torpedo, 21 May 1942
General characteristics
Type	cargo ship
Tonnage	1,668 GRT, 917 NRT
Length	240.4 ft (73.3 m)
Beam	36.0 ft (11.0 m)
Depth	20.9 ft (6.4 m)
Decks	1
Installed power	1 × triple-expansion engine:; 204 NHP;
Propulsion	1 × screw
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Crew	39
Armament	1 x 75mm deck gun; 3 x AA machine guns;

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SS Presidente Trujillo was a cargo steamship that was torpedoed by U-156 in the Caribbean Sea off Fort-de-France, Martinique on 21 May 1942 while she was travelling from Fort-de-France to San Juan, Puerto Rico carrying a cargo of beer, machinery and forage.^[1]

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1942
Shipwrecks	1 May: Angarstroy, Parnahyba, HMS Punjabi 2 May: USS Cythera, HMS Edinburgh, Hermann Schoemann, ORP Jastrząb, USS Mindanao, Mizuho, U-74 4 May: USS Pigeon, USS Tanager, Wa-1 5 May: Bévéziers, Kikuzuki, USS Genesee, Maryann 6 May: Alcoa Puritan, D'Entrecasteaux, Empire Buffalo, USS Luzon, USS Oahu, Tama Maru, USS Quail 7 May: Le Héros, Shōhō, USS Sims 8 May: USS Lexington, Monge, HMS Olympus 9 May: U-352 10 May: HMHS Ramb IV 11 May: Bedfordshire, Cape of Good Hope, HMS Kipling, HMS Lively, USS Neosho 12 May: Empire Dell, HMS Jackal, Okinoshima 13 May: Norlantic 14 May: Dzerzhinsky, Potrero del Llano 15 May: HMS Trinidad 17 May: Challenger, I-28, I-64 20 May: George Calvert 21 May: Faja de Oro, Elizabeth, Presidente Trujillo 23 May: Samuel Q. Brown 24 May: L-21 25 May: Asahi 26 May: Carrabulle 27 May: Alamar 28 May: Sylvan Arrow 29 May: Emanuele Pessagno, U-568
Other incidents	1 May: USS Grenadier, HMS King George V, U-573 4 May: USS Mackerel 6 May: I-8 7 May: USS Neosho 20 May: Sylvan Arrow 30 May: USS R-18 Unknown date: Chōgei, I-53
1941 1942 1943 April 1942 June 1942

Sinking

History



Name	Gouverneur Jaeschke (1900–1917) Watauga (1917–1920) Guantanamo (1920–1933) Presidente Trujillo (1933–1942)
Owner	1900: Hamburg America Line 1917: US Shipping Board 1920: Empresa Naviera de Cuba 1933: Cia Naviera Dominicana
Port of registry	1900: Hamburg 1917: San Francisco 1920: Havana 1933: Ciudad Trujillo
Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Yard number	373
Launched	12 October 1900
Completed	December 1900
Identification	1900 code letters LMRC 1917: US official number 215609 1917: code letters LHVF by 1934: call sign HIFS
Fate	sunk by torpedo, 21 May 1942


General characteristics
Type	cargo ship
Tonnage	1,668 GRT, 917 NRT
Length	240.4 ft (73.3 m)
Beam	36.0 ft (11.0 m)
Depth	20.9 ft (6.4 m)
Decks	1
Installed power	1 × triple-expansion engine: 204 NHP
Propulsion	1 × screw
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h)
Crew	39
Armament	1 x 75mm deck gun 3 x AA machine guns