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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[1] |
Yard number: | 22 |
Way number: | 1 |
Laid down: | 19 October 1943 |
Launched: | 27 November 1943 |
Completed: | 20 January 1944 |
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Fate: | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 8 October 1947 |
Status: | Sold for scrapping, 23 November 1970 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class & type: | type Z-EC2-S-C2, army tank transport |
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Displacement: |
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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 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.[3][1]
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.[4][5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MARCOM.
- ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ↑ J.A. Panama City 2010.
- ↑ Liberty Ships.
- ↑ MARAD.
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/.
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