SS Pedro Menendez

SS Pedro Menendez
Career (United States)
Name:	Pedro Menendez
Namesake:	Pedro Menendez
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2313
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost:	$1,073,857
Yard number:	54
Way number:	3
Laid down:	24 June 1944
Launched:	31 July 1944
Completed:	18 August 1944
Identification:	Call sign: WSSM
Fate:	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Mobile, 14 October 1946 Transferred to the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas, 7 July 1948
Status:	Sold for scrapping, 22 August 1966, withdrawn from fleet, 25 October 1966
General characteristics
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 Pedro Menendez was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Pedro Menendez.

Construction

Pedro Menendez was laid down on 24 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2313, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; and launched on 31 July 1944.

History

She was allocated to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., 18 August 1944. On 14 October 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Mobile.

On 23 February 1947, she was withdrawn from the fleet and allocated to Waterman Steamship Corporation. On 28 March 1947, she was allocated to Sword Line, Inc. On 7 July 1948, she was allocated to the South Atlantic Steamship Line, for transfer to the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. She was sold, 22 August 1966, for $45,600 to Southern Scrap Material Co., LTD, to be scrapped. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 25 October 1966.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm. 
• Maritime Administration. "Pedro Menendez". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/3811.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. 
• "SS Pedro Menendez". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Pedro%20Menendez&code=B2313a.