SS John W. Griffiths
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Name | John W. Griffiths |
Namesake | John W. Griffiths |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Blidberg & Rothchild Co., Inc. |
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 |
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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, 7 January 1947 |
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Name | Dino |
Owner | Corrado Societe di Navigazione, Genoa, Italy |
Acquired | 7 January 1947 |
Fate | Sold, 1963 |
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Name | Imera |
Owner | Sicilarma Societe di Navigazione per Azioni, Genoa, Italy |
Acquired | 1963 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1965 |
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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 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 Blidberg & Rothchild Co., Inc., 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 Sicilarma Societe di Navigazione per Azioni, Genoa, and renamed Imera. She was scrapped in Spezia in 1965.[4][5]
See also
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. "John W. Griffiths". 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.
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