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Career (United States) | |
Name: | Patrick H. Morrissey |
Namesake: | Patrick H. Morrissey |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1507 |
Builder: | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost: | $1,474,585[1] |
Yard number: | 123 |
Way number: | 1 |
Laid down: | 23 October 1943 |
Launched: | 9 December 1943 |
Sponsored by: | Katherine M. Geraghty |
Completed: | 17 December 1943 |
Fate: | Transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport upon completion. |
Career (United Kingdom) | |
Name: | Samdee |
Acquired: | 17 December 1943 |
Fate: | Sold, 18 April 1947 |
Career (United Kingdom) | |
Name: | Samdee |
Operator: | Tho. & Jno. Brocklebank, Ltd. |
Acquired: | 18 April 1947 |
Fate: | Scrapped, 1967 |
General characteristics [2] | |
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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 Patrick H. Morrissey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was originally named after Patrick H. Morrissey, a former head of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.[3] She was transferred to the British Ministry of War Transportation (MoWT) and renamed Samdee upon completion.
Construction[]
Patrick H. Morrissey was laid down on 23 October 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1507, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Katherine M. Geraghty, daughter of Patrick H. Morrissey, and launched on 9 December 1943.[4][3][1]
History[]
She was allocated to Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank, Ltd., on 17 December 1943. On or about 18 April 1947, she was sold to Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank, Ltd. Samdee was scrapped in 1967.[5][6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MARCOM.
- ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pantagraph 1943, p. 5.
- ↑ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ↑ Liberty Ships.
- ↑ MARAD.
Bibliography[]
- "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonesbrunswick.htm.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". http://www.glynngen.com/nautical/glynn/libertyships.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "Patrick H. Morrissey". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/10204.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "Liberty Ship Named for Morrissey". Bloomington, Illinois. 8 December 1943. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4010552/christening_of_liberty_ship_ss/.
- "SS Patrick H. Morrissey". http://usmaritimecommission.de/.
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