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SS Pedernales

1938 shipsLake tankersShip infoboxes without an imageUnderwater diving sites in the CaribbeanUse British English from June 2017
World War II merchant ships of the United KingdomWorld War II shipwrecks in the Caribbean SeaWreck diving sites

SS Pedernales was a lake tanker of the World War II and post war eras. She was built in 1938 in Monfalcone, Italy, and sailed under the British flag. Pedernales was severely damaged in a torpedo attack on 16 February 1942 while anchored at Aruba. The damaged ship was cut into three sections. The fore and aft sections were joined, and the ship made her way to Baltimore, Maryland, to be rebuilt. The middle section was left in Aruba and, after being used for a number of years as a target by Dutch gunners after the war, has become a scuba diving site. The rebuilt portion of the tanker, later renamed Esso Pedernales and Katendrecht, was scrapped in 1959.

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