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Name: | James H. Courts |
Namesake: | James H. Courts |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2516 |
Awarded: | 23 April 1943 |
Builder: | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
Cost: | $1,002,548[2] |
Yard number: | 80 |
Way number: | 2 |
Laid down: | 12 December 1944 |
Launched: | 21 January 1945 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. A.H. Laney |
Completed: | 31 January 1945 |
Fate: | Transferred to Greece, 31 January 1945 |
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Owner: | Kassos Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. |
Operator: | Rethymnis & Kulukundis |
Fate: | Sold, 1965 |
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Name: | Achilles |
Owner: | Cia. Nav. Tierra del Fuego |
Operator: | Counties Shipping, Ltd. |
Fate: | Grounded, 21 November 1965 |
Status: | Declared Constructive total loss, scrapped, 1966 |
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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) |
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Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Capacity: | 10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Complement: | 41 |
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SS James H. Courts was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James H. Courts, a Merchant seaman killed on the cargo ship SS Expositor, 22 February 1943, when she was struck by a torpedo from German submarine U-606.[4]
Construction[]
James H. Courts was laid down on 12 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2516, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. A.H. Laney, the wife of the superintendent of the warehouse at St.Johns River SBC, and she was launched on 21 January 1945.[1][2]
History[]
She was transferred to Greece, under the Lend-Lease program, on 31 January 1945. She was sold for commercial use, 18 December 1946, to Kassos Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., for $575,339.53.[5]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/stjohnsriver.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "James H. Courts". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/8665.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS James H. Courts". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=James%20H.Courts&code=B2516a.
- "SS Expositor". www.Uboat.net. https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2678.html.
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