SS Charles H. Marshall

SS Charles H. Marshall was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Charles H. Marshall, an American businessman, art collector and philanthropist who was prominent in society during the Gilded Age.

For the 1869 sailing vessel of the same name, see Charles H. Marshall (ship).
History
United States
Name: Charles H. Marshall
Namesake: Charles H. Marshall
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Polarus Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2329
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction Company, Panama City, Florida
Cost: $921,909[1]
Yard number: 70
Way number: 5
Laid down: 11 October 1944
Launched: 17 November 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. J. Philo Caldwell
Completed: 27 November 1944
Identification:
Fate: Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 30 December 1947
Status: Sold for commercial use, 9 March 1947
United States
Name: Polarus Pioneer
Owner: Polarus Steamship Co., Inc.
Status: Sold, May 1951
United States
Name: Transamerican
Owner: American Union Transport, Inc.
Status: Sold, October 1954
 Liberia
Name: Gertrud Therese
Owner: Rutland Navigation Co.
Operator: Transamerican Steamship Corp.
Status: Sold, 19 September 1959
United States
Name: Pacific Thunder
Owner: Pacific Thunder Steamship Corp.
Operator: Transamerican Steamship Corp.
Status: Sold, 11 February 1960
United States
Name: Transmariner
Owner: Transamerican Steamship Corp.
Status: Sold, 7 October 1960
United States
Name: Santa Emilia
Owner: Liberty Navigation and Trading Co.
Operator: J. H. Winchester & Co.
Fate: Returned to Maritime Administration, laid up in James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 23 December 1963
Status: Sold for scrapping, 22 February 1972
General characteristics [2]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
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 Filer & Stowell Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • 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:
Armament:

Construction

Charles H. Marshall was contracted on 22 April 1943 by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) with J.A. Jones Construction Company, Panama City, Florida as MARCOM Hull 2329.[1] She was laid down on 11 October 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Clarence Graham, the wife of the assistant work manager of outfitting at JAJCC, launched on 17 November 1944 and delivered ten days later.[1][3]

History

On delivery on 27 November 1944, Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., New York, were appointed managers of Charles H. Marshall by the War Shipping Administration and she was registered with Official Number 246833 and home port of New York.[4][5] On 9 April 1947 she was sold to Polarus Steamship and by 1950 renamed Polarus Pioneer.[4][6]

After a series of sales and name changes she was returned to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 23 December 1963, under an exchange program, and placed in the James River Reserve Fleet, in Lee Hall, Virginia. She was sold for scrapping, 22 February 1972, to Eckhardt and Co., for $62,222. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 27 March 1972.[7]

References
  1. MARCOM.
  2. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. Jones Construction.
  4. MARAD 7275.
  5. MVUS 1949, p. 850.
  6. MVUS 1950, p. 439.
  7. MARAD 4410.

Bibliography
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 December 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". Shipbuilding History. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  • Maritime Administration. "Charles H. Marshall". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card 7275. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 December 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Maritime Administration. "Santa Emilia". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card 4410. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 December 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Maritime Commission. "SS Charles H. Marshall". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  • Merchant Vessels of the United States. US Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs. 1949. p. 850. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  • Merchant Vessels of the United States. US Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs. 1950. p. 439. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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