SS John W. Griffiths

History
United States
Name	John W. Griffiths
Namesake	John W. Griffiths
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1548
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$1,384,690[1]
Yard number	30
Way number	5
Laid down	13 December 1943
Launched	9 February 1944
Completed	25 March 1944
Identification	Call Signal: KWBN [1]
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia, 19 May 1946
Status	Sold to Italy, 7 January 1947
Italy
Name	Dino
Owner	Corrado Societe di Navigazione, Genoa, Italy
Acquired	7 January 1947
Fate	Sold, 1963
Italy
Name	Imera
Owner	, Genoa, Italy
Acquired	1963
Fate	Scrapped, 1965
General characteristics [2]
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 Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co., Portland, Oregon) 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 John W. Griffiths was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John W. Griffiths, a naval architect who was influential in his design of clipper ships.

Construction[]

John W. Griffiths was laid down on 13 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1548, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 9 February 1944.^[3][1]

History[]

She was allocated to , on 25 March 1944. On 19 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group, in Lee Hall, Virginia. On 7 January 1947, she was transferred to the Italian Government, which in turn sold her to Corrado Socite di Navigazione, Genoa, Italy, for $544,506, on 10 January 1947. She was renamed Dino. In 1963, she was sold to , Genoa, and renamed Imera. She was scrapped in Spezia in 1965.^[4][5]

See also[]

• Convoy UGS-40

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