SS Chief Osceola
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Name | Chief Osceola |
Namesake | Chief Osceola |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2322 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $950,246[1] |
Yard number | 63 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 28 August 1944 |
Launched | 4 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. T. Flythe |
Completed | 19 October 1944 |
Identification | |
Status | Sold for commercial use, 30 January 1947 |
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Name | George D. Gratsos |
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Status | Grounded, 26 July 1965, scrapped, 1967 |
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Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Chief Osceola was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Chief Osceola, resistance leader of the Seminole, during the Second Seminole War.
Construction[]
Chief Osceola was laid down on 28 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2322, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. W. T. Flythe , wife of director of public relation JAJCC, and launched on 4 October 1944.[3][1]
History[]
She was allocated to , 19 October 1944.[4]
She was sold, on 30 January 1947, to , for $563,292.75 and commercial use. She was flagged in Greece and renamed George D. Gratos. On 26 July 1965, she was severely damaged when she was grounded in the Chacao Channel, Chile. She was scrapped in Valencia, in 1967.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- Maritime Administration. "Chief Osceola". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- "SS Chief Osceola". Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Panama City, Florida
- 1944 ships
- Maritime incidents in 1965