| SS A. B. Hammond | |
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| Career (USA) |  |
| Name: | SS A. B. Hammond |
| Builder: | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles |
| Yard number: | 2558 |
| Completed: | February 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship |
| Displacement: | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1] |
| Length: |
441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p 427 ft (130 m) w/l[1] |
| Beam: | 57 ft (17 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: |
Two oil-fired boilers Triple-expansion steam engine 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) Single screw |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1] |
| Range: | 20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) |
| Capacity: | 10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1] |
| Crew: | 81[1] |
| Armament: | Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns |
SS A. B. Hammond was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in February 1944 to the War Shipping Administration (WSA).[2]
It was scrapped in 1963 following grounding damage.[3]
Names and flags[]
- 1947 – Renamed "MARIO II" by Constantine Koniadlidis, Montevideo – Uruguay flag
- 1948 – Renamed "ENSENADA" Cia de Nav, Ensenada, Panama (S. G. Embiricos, London)
- 1959 – Renamed "CESTOS" Zenith Transportation Corporation, Liberia (Fratelli Delfino, Genoa)
- 1961 – Renamed "NICOLAOS TSAVLIRIS" Nigean Shipping Company, Panama – Greek flag (Tsavliris Maritime Company, Piraeus)
- 1963 – Scrapped – Turkey after grounding damage at Kilyos, Black Sea.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Davies, James (2012). "Liberty Cargo Ships". ww2ships.com. p. 23. http://ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ↑ "Liberty ships built by California Shipbuilding, Terminal Island, CA". usmm.org. 2008. http://www.usmm.org/l/calship.html. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ↑ "Liberty Ships – A". mariners-l.co.uk. 2011. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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