SS Dolly Madison

SS Dolly Madison
Career (United States)
Name:	Dolly Madison
Namesake:	Dolley Madison
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Merchant & Miners Transportation Co.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1530
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost:	$2,020,628
Yard number:	12
Way number:	6
Laid down:	20 May 1943
Launched:	27 September 1943
Completed:	14 October 1943
Identification:	Call Signal: KXLP
Fate:	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 16 May 1946
Status:	Sold for commercial use, 15 April 1947
Career (United States)
Name:	Dolly Madison
Operator:	Suwanee Fruit & Steamship Corp., Jacksonville, Florida
Acquired:	23 April 1947
Fate:	Sold, 1949
Career (Honduras)
Name:	Dolly Madison
Owner:	Honduras Shipping Co., Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Acquired:	1949
Fate:	Sold, 1950
Career (Panama)
Name:	Archangelos
Namesake:	Archangels
Owner:	Talamanca Cia. Nav., Panama (1950–1955) G.M. Livanos, New York City (1955–1956) Ocean Shipbrokerage, London (1956–1964)
Acquired:	1950
Fate:	Sprang leak and sank, 15 November 1964
Notes:	reflagged Liberian, in 1954, same owner
General characteristics
Class & type:	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage:	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement:	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:	441 ft 6 in (135 m)
Beam:	56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m)
Draft:	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power:	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × oil-fired boilers 1 × triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) (manufactured by Filer & Stowell Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Capacity:	10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Complement:	41
Armament:	Stern-mounted 4"/50 caliber (102 mm) gun for use against surfaced submarines variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS Dolly Madison was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Dolley Madison, the wife of James Madison, President of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

Construction

Dolly Madison was laid down on 20 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1530, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 27 September 1943.

History

She was allocated to Merchant & Miners Transportation Co., on 14 October 1943. On 16 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 15 April 1947, she was sold for commercial use and went through several owners. She was sunk on 15 November 1964, at 24°10′N 111°50′W, after springing a leak.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm. 
• Maritime Administration. "Dolly Madison". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1275. 
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. 
• "SS Dolly Madison". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Dolly%20Madison&code=B1530a.