SS John Harvey
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SS John Harvey was an American Liberty ship infamously known for secretly carrying mustard gas when it was destroyed in the 1943 German air raid on Bari, causing a deadly chemical disaster.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Liberty ship
ⓘ
cargo ship ⓘ |
| armamentType | defensively equipped merchant ship ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bari air raid
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
chemical warfare in World War II ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
German aircraft
ⓘ
Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | United States Maritime Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cargoType |
military cargo
ⓘ
secret cargo ⓘ |
| carried |
chemical weapons
ⓘ
mustard gas ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking |
German air attack
ⓘ
bombing ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfPort | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfSinking | 1943-12-02 ⓘ |
| event | air raid on Bari ⓘ |
| hazardClass | chemical weapons transport ⓘ |
| impact |
led to increased secrecy about Allied chemical weapons stocks
ⓘ
prompted medical studies of mustard gas exposure ⓘ |
| locationOfSinking |
Adriatic Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bari harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Bari chemical disaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
worst Allied chemical weapons accident of World War II ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Merchant Marine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | War Shipping Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Allied logistics operations in the Mediterranean ⓘ |
| portOfCall | Bari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultOfSinking |
chemical contamination
ⓘ
civilian casualties ⓘ military casualties ⓘ release of mustard gas ⓘ |
| secrecy | mustard gas cargo kept classified ⓘ |
| shipType | EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | sunk ⓘ |
| sunkBy | German Luftwaffe air attack ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Bari, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Army ⓘ |
| victimCountDescription | hundreds killed or injured by mustard gas exposure ⓘ |
| yearOfSinking | 1943 ⓘ |
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