SS Victor Herbert

SS Victor Herbert
Career (United States)
Name:	Victor Herbert
Namesake:	Victor Herbert
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Marine Transport Lines, Inc.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1532
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost:	$1,846,347
Yard number:	14
Way number:	2
Laid down:	30 June 1943
Launched:	22 August 1943
Completed:	15 September 1943
Identification:	Call Signal: KXLI
Fate:	Sold to France, 6 December 1946, scrapped 1963
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 Victor Herbert was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Victor Herbert, a composer, conductor, and founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Construction

Victor Herbert was laid down on 30 June 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1532, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 22 August 1943.

History

She was allocated to Marine Transport Lines, Inc., on 15 September 1943. On 6 December 1946, she was sold to France, for $544,506. She was scrapped in 1963.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm. 
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. 
• Maritime Administration. "Victor Herbert". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/11367. 
• "SS Victor Herbert". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Victor%20Herbert&code=B1532a.