SS Julius Rosenwald

History
United States
Name: Julius Rosenwald
Namesake: Julius Rosenwald
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Blidberg & Rothchild Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1533
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost: $1,710,928[1]
Yard number: 15
Way number: 3
Laid down: 7 July 1943
Launched: 13 September 1943
Completed: 29 September 1943
Identification:
Fate: Transferred to Italy, 15 December 1946
Status: Scrapped 1963
Italy
Name: Assiria
Acquired: 27 December 1963
Fate: Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics [2]
Class and type:
Tonnage: 7,176 GRT
Displacement: 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 417 feet 8.75 inches (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 boilers
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 10,856 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GT
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement:
Armament:

SS Julius Rosenwald was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Julius Rosenwald, co-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Company, founder of the Rosenwald Fund, and principal founder and backer of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Construction

Julius Rosenwald was laid down on 7 July 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1533, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 13 September 1943.[3][1]

History

She was allocated to Blidberg & Rothchild Co., Inc., on 29 September 1943. On 15 December 1946, she was transferred to the Italian Government, which in turn sold her to Adriatica Socite Anon di Navigazione for $544,506, on 27 December 1946. She was renamed Assiria and scrapped in 1963.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 MARCOM.
  2. ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. ↑ J.A. Panama City 2010.
  4. ↑ Liberty Ships.
  5. ↑ MARAD.

Bibliography

  • "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "Julius Rosenwald". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  • "SS Julius Rosenwald". Retrieved 27 November 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.