SS Edwin G. Weed
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United States | |
Name | Edwin G. Weed |
Namesake | Edwin G. Weed |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1221 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $1,405,336[1] |
Yard number | 29 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 7 December 1943 |
Launched | 29 January 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Margaret G. Weed |
Completed | 11 February 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Laid up in the, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 27 May 1946 |
Status | Sold to Italy, 27 December 1946, removed from fleet, 3 January 1947 |
Italy | |
Name | Eugenio C. |
Owner | |
Fate | Sold, 1963 |
Liberia | |
Name | Aris |
Owner | |
Fate | Scrapped, 1967 |
General characteristics [3] | |
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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 Edwin G. Weed was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Edwin G. Weed, the third bishop of Florida in the Episcopal Church.
Construction[]
Edwin G. Weed was laid down on 7 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1221, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Miss Margaret G. Weed, the sister of the namesake, and was launched on 29 January 1944.[2][1]
History[]
She was allocated to the , on 11 February 1944. On 27 May 1946, she was laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. She was sold, 27 December 1946, to Italy, for $544,506, for commercial use. She was removed from the fleet on 3 January 1947. Edwin G. Weed was renamed Eugenio C. in 1947. In 1963, she was sold and named Aris and reflagged for Liberia. She was scrapped in 1967.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Edwin G. Weed". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- "SS Edwin G. Weed". Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1944 ships
- Hudson River Reserve Fleet
- Liberty ships transferred to Italy