SS A. B. Hammond was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in February 1944, to the War Shipping Administration (WSA).[2]
 SS A. B. Hammond
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| Name | A. B. Hammond |
| Namesake | Andrew B. Hammond |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Hammond Shipping Co. Ltd. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 2558 |
| Awarded | 20 April 1943 |
| Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles |
| Cost | $950,330 |
| Yard number | 289 |
| Way number | 12 |
| Laid down | 23 December 1943 |
| Launched | 21 January 1944 |
| Completed | 8 February 1944 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1963 |
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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 A. B. Hammond is named after Andrew B. Hammond, owner of the Hammond Lumber Company and Hammond Shipping Co. Ltd. During World War II Hammond Shipping Company was active in charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. The ship was run by its Hammond Shipping Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. Hammond Shipping Co. Ltd. operated both Liberty and Victory ships.[3][4]
In 1947 the War Shipping Administration sold the ship for private use. She was scrapped in 1963, following grounding damage.[5]
Names and flags
edit- 1947 – Renamed "MARIO II" by Constantine Koniadlidis of Montevideo – Uruguay flag
- 1948 – Renamed "ENSENADA" by Cia de Nav, of Ensenada, Panama (S. G. Embiricos, London)
- 1959 – Renamed "CESTOS" Zenith Transportation Corporation, of Liberia Flag, (Fratelli Delfino, Genoa)
- 1961 – Renamed "NICOLAOS TSAVLIRIS" Nigean Shipping Company, of Panama – Greek flag (Tsavliris Maritime Company, Piraeus)
- 1963 – Scrapped – Turkey after grounding damage at Kilyos, Black Sea.
Citations
edit- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ "Liberty ships built by California Shipbuilding, Terminal Island, CA". usmm.org. 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ "Sea Lane Vigilantes". www.armed-guard.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard and World War II U.S. Merchant Marine, 2007-2014 Project Liberty Ship, Project Liberty Ship, P.O. Box 25846 Highlandtown Station, Baltimore, MD [1] Archived 14 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Liberty Ships – A". mariners-l.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
References
edit- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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