SS Robert Treat Paine
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Name | Robert Treat Paine |
Namesake | Robert Treat Paine |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
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Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 32 |
Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[2] |
Cost | $1,142,364[1] |
Yard number | 2019 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 6 January 1942 |
Launched | 28 March 1942 |
Completed | 5 May 1942 |
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Fate | Sold to France, 10 January 1947 |
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Name | Dieppe |
Namesake | Dieppe |
Owner | France |
Operator | |
Fate | Sold, 1954 |
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Name | Brother George |
Owner | |
Operator | |
Fate | Scrapped following grounding 1964 |
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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 Robert Treat Paine was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Robert Treat Paine, an American lawyer and politician, best known as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He served as the state's first attorney general, and served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court.
Construction[]
Robert Treat Paine was laid down on 6 January 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 32, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 28 March 1942.[2][1]
History[]
She was allocated to , on 5 May 1942. On 10 January 1947, she was sold to for commercial use to France, for $544,506, and renamed Dieppe. In 1954, she was sold and renamed Brother George. In 1964, she was grounded off the Isle of Wight, and scrapped in the Netherlands, the same year.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Robert Treat Paine". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- "SS Robert Treat Paine". Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Baltimore
- 1942 ships
- Liberty ships transferred to France