SS Filipp Mazzei

SS Filipp Mazzei was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Filipp Mazzei, an Italian physician and close friend of Thomas Jefferson, Mazzei acted as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.

History
United States
Name: Filipp Mazzei
Namesake: Filipp Mazzei
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Sprague Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2488
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $966,714[2]
Yard number: 52
Way number: 4
Laid down: 15 June 1944
Launched: 31 July 1944
Completed: 15 August 1944
Identification:
Fate:
  • Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 3 September 1948
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 26 April 1952
  • Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 28 March 1958
Status: Sold for scrapping, 19 February 1960, withdrawn from fleet, 1 March 1960
General characteristics [3]
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

Filipp Mazzei was laid down on 15 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2488, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 31 July 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Sprague Steamship Co., Inc., on 9 August 1944. On 3 September 1948, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 26 April 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. On 28 March 1958, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. She was sold for scrapping, 19 February 1960, to Bethlehem Steel Co., for $70,701. She was removed from the fleet, 1 March 1960.[4]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Filipp Mazzei". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Filipp Mazzei". Retrieved 28 January 2020.


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