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SS Thomas Sully
Career (United States) US flag 48 stars
Name: Thomas Sully
Namesake: Thomas Sully
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Calmar Steamship Corp.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1205
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,772,285[2]
Yard number: 13
Way number: 1
Laid down: 16 June 1943
Launched: 11 September 1943
Sponsored by: Mildred Pepper
Completed: 27 September 1943
Identification:
Fate: Sold for commercial use, 30 January 1947, withdrawn from fleet, 5 February 1947
Career (Panama) Flag of Panama
Name: Actor
Owner: Neptune Shipping, Ltd.
Operator: Torrey Mosvold, Kristiansand
Fate: Sold, 1949
Career (Italy) Civil Ensign of Italy
Name: Citta Di Palermo
Owner: Sicilia Soc.di Nav
Operator: Count Salvatore Tagliavia, Palermo
Fate: Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics [3]
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 Thomas Sully was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Thomas Sully, an American portrait painter.

    Construction[]

    Thomas Sully was laid down on 16 June 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1205, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mildred Pepper, the wife of Claude Pepper, then Floridas junior United States Senator, and launched on 11 September 1943.[1][2]

    History[]

    She was allocated to the Calmar Steamship Corp., on 27 September 1943. On 18 May 1946, she was placed in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 5 November 1946. She was sold for commercial use, 30 January 1947, to Neptune Shipping, Ltd., for $544,506. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 17 February 1947.[4]

    Thomas Sully was renamed Actor and reflagged in Panama, in 1947. She was sold in 1949, to Sicilia Soc. di Nav. and reflagged in Italy, and renamed Citta Di Palermo. She was scrapped in 1963.[4]

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