SS Stephen R. Mallory

SS Stephen R. Mallory
Career (United States)
Name:	Stephen R. Mallory
Namesake:	Stephen R. Mallory
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Isbrandtsen Steamship Company
Ordered:	as type (Z-EC2-S-C2) hull, MC hull 1540
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost:	$1,460,233
Yard number:	22
Way number:	1
Laid down:	19 October 1943
Launched:	27 November 1943
Completed:	20 January 1944
Identification:	Call Signal: KVMH
Fate:	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 8 October 1947
Status:	Sold for scrapping, 23 November 1970
General characteristics
Class & type:	type Z-EC2-S-C2, army tank transport
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 Stephen R. Mallory was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Stephen R. Mallory, a United States Senator from Florida, and the Confederate States Secretary of the Navy during the American Civil War.

Construction

Stephen R. Mallory was laid down on 19 October 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1540, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 27 November 1943.

History

She was allocated to Isbrandtsen Steamship Company, on 20 January 1944. On 8 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Hudson River Group. On 23 November 1971, she was sold, along with two other ships, for $222,222 to Eckhardt & Co., G.m.b.H., West Germany, to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 6 January 1971.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm. 
• "Liberty Ships – World War II". http://www.glynngen.com/nautical/glynn/libertyships.htm. 
• Maritime Administration. "Stephen R. Mallory". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/4687. 
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. 
• "SS Stephen R. Mallory". http://usmaritimecommission.de/.