SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
Namesake | Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1549 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,350,923[1] |
Yard number | 31 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 20 December 1943 |
Launched | 17 February 1944 |
Completed | 30 March 1944 |
Identification |
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Fate | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia, 19 May 1946 |
Status | Sold to Italy, 3 May 1947 |
Italy | |
Name | Nazareno |
Owner | , Genoa, Italy |
Acquired | 27 May 1947 |
Fate | Sold, 1948 |
Italy | |
Owner | , Genoa, Italy |
Acquired | 1948 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1967 |
General characteristics [2] | |
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Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a Beaux-Arts sculptor that embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance", designer of the Saint-Gaudens double eagle, and founder of the "Cornish Colony".
Construction[]
Augustus Saint-Gaudens was laid down on 20 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1549, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 17 February 1944.[3][1]
History[]
She was allocated to , on 30 March 1944. On 17 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group, in Lee Hall, Virginia. On 3 May 1947, she was transferred to the Italian Government, which in turn sold her to , Genoa, Italy, on 27 May 1947. She was renamed Nazareno. In 1948, she was sold to , Genoa. She was scrapped in Spezia, in 1967.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Augustus Saint-Gaudens". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- "SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens". Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Panama City, Florida
- 1944 ships
- James River Reserve Fleet
- Liberty ships transferred to Italy