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SS Filipp Mazzei
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Name: Filipp Mazzei
Namesake: Filipp Mazzei
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Sprague Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2488
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $966,714[2]
Yard number: 52
Way number: 4
Laid down: 15 June 1944
Launched: 31 July 1944
Completed: 15 August 1944
Identification:
Fate:
  • Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 3 September 1948
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 26 April 1952
  • Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 28 March 1958
  • Status: Sold for scrapping, 19 February 1960, withdrawn from fleet, 1 March 1960
    General characteristics [3]
    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 Filipp Mazzei was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Filipp Mazzei, an Italian physician and close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei acted as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.

    Construction[]

    Filipp Mazzei was laid down on 15 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2488, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 31 July 1944.[1][2]

    History[]

    She was allocated to the Sprague Steamship Co., Inc., on 9 August 1944. On 3 September 1948, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 26 April 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. On 28 March 1958, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. She was sold for scrapping, 19 February 1960, to Bethlehem Steel Co., for $70,701. She was removed from the fleet, 1 March 1960.[4]

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