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SS Isaac Mayer Wise
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Name: Isaac Mayer Wise
Namesake: Isaac Mayer Wise
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2509
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $964,961[2]
Yard number: 73
Way number: 1
Laid down: 3 November 1944
Launched: 6 December 1944
Completed: 15 December 1944
Identification:
Fate:
  • Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 26 December 1947
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 14 May 1952
  • Status: Sold for scrapping, 1 May 1972, withdrawn from fleet, 28 August 1972
    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 Hamilton Engine Co., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 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 Isaac Mayer Wise was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Isaac Mayer Wise, an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author.

    Construction[]

    Isaac Mayer Wise was laid down on 3 November 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2509, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 6 December 1944.[1][2]

    History[]

    She was allocated to the North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co., on 15 December 1944. On 26 December 1947, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 14 May 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping on 1 May 1972, to Luria Brothers & Company, for $37,100. She was removed from the fleet, 28 August 1972.[4]

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