SS Edward Eggleston | |
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File:Novorossiysk IMO 5258585 G Hamburg 03-1974.jpg Novorossiysk in March 1974 | |
Career (United States) | |
Name: | Edward Eggleston |
Namesake: | Edward Eggleston |
Builder: | California Shipbuilding Corp |
Way number: | 2010 |
Laid down: | 20 April 1943 |
Launched: | 9 May 1943 |
Fate: | Transferred to Soviet Navy, 1943 |
Career (Soviet Union) | ![]() |
Name: | Novorossiysk |
Commissioned: | 1943 |
Fate: | Scrapped, 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Liberty ship |
Displacement: | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1] |
Length: |
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Beam: | 57 ft (17 m)[1] |
Draft: | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1] |
Propulsion: |
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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 Edward Eggleston was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Edward Eggleston, an American historian and novelist .
Design[]
Main article: Liberty ship
Like other Liberty ships, she was 441 feet (134 m) long and 56 feet (17 m) wide, carried 9000 tons of cargo and had a top speed of 11 knots (20 km/h). Most Liberty ships were named after prominent deceased Americans.[2]
Construction and career[]
The keel of the ship was laid on April 20, 1943. Few months later the California Shipbuilding Corp launched in Los Angeles under the name Edward Eggleston. She was transferred to the Soviet Union later that year to be commissioned with the name Novorossiysk. The ship survived the World War II unscathed.
She was scrapped in 1971.[3]
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 7 May 2012.
- ↑ "Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II". usmm.org. 2008. http://www.usmm.org/libertyships.html#anchor446731. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ Miramar Ship Index
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