SS A. B. Hammond

	SS A. B. Hammond
History
United States
Name	A. B. Hammond
Namesake	Andrew B. Hammond
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 2558
Awarded	20 April 1943
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles
Cost	$950,330
Yard number	289
Way number	12
Laid down	23 December 1943
Launched	21 January 1944
Completed	8 February 1944
Fate	Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics
Class and 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 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa; 416 feet (127 m) pp; 427 feet (130 m) lwl;
Beam	57 feet (17 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	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain); 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale);
Complement	38–62 USMM; 21–40 USNAG;
Armament	Varied by ship; Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun; Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun; 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,; 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns;

SS A. B. Hammond was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in February 1944, to the War Shipping Administration (WSA).^[2]

It was scrapped in 1963, following grounding damage.^[3]

Names and flags[]

1947 – Renamed "MARIO II" by Constantine Koniadlidis, Montevideo – Uruguay flag
1948 – Renamed "ENSENADA" Cia de Nav, , Panama (S. G. Embiricos, London)
1959 – Renamed "CESTOS" Zenith Transportation Corporation, Liberia (Fratelli Delfino, Genoa)
1961 – Renamed "NICOLAOS TSAVLIRIS" Shipping Company, Panama – Greek flag (Tsavliris Maritime Company, Piraeus)
1963 – Scrapped – Turkey after grounding damage at Kilyos, Black Sea.

^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
^ "Liberty ships built by California Shipbuilding, Terminal Island, CA". usmm.org. 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
^ "Liberty Ships – A". mariners-l.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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History
SS A. B. Hammond
United States
Name	A. B. Hammond
Namesake	Andrew B. Hammond
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 2558
Awarded	20 April 1943
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles
Cost	$950,330
Yard number	289
Way number	12
Laid down	23 December 1943
Launched	21 January 1944
Completed	8 February 1944
Fate	Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and 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 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 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	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m³) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m³) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns