SS Josephine Shaw Lowell

SS Josephine Shaw Lowell was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Josephine Shaw Lowell, a Nineteenth century Progressive Reform leader and creator of the National Consumers League.

History
United States
Name	Josephine Shaw Lowell
Namesake	Josephine Shaw Lowell
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ltd.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2296
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$982,965
Yard number	37
Way number	3
Laid down	19 February 1944
Launched	4 April 1944
Completed	3 May 1944
Identification	Call Signal: KWVZ
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 31 May 1946 Sold to Italy, 15 January 1947
Italy
Name	Albaro
Owner	Societe Italiana di Navigazione, Albaro, Genoa, Italy
Acquired	22 January 1947
Fate	Sold, 1963
Greece
Name	Aigaion
Namesake	Aegean Sea
Owner	Aegean Cia. Nav., Panama
Operator	Phoenix Maritime Agencies, New York
Acquired	1963
Fate	Scrapped, 1968
General characteristics
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
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 Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co., Portland, Oregon) 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	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Josephine Shaw Lowell was laid down on 19 February 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2296, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 4 April 1944.

History

She was allocated to Luckenbach Steamship Co., Ltd., on 3 May 1944. On 31 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Hudson River Group. On 15 January 1947, she was transferred to the Italian Government, which in turn sold her for $545,601.37 to Societe Italiana di Navigazione, Albaro, Genoa, Italy, on 22 January 1947, for commercial use. She was renamed Albaro. In 1963, she was sold to Aegean Cia. Nav., Panama, and renamed Aigaion. She was scrapped in Osaka, Japan, in 1968.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
• "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 8 December 2017.
• Maritime Administration. "Josephine Shaw Lowell". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
• "SS Josephine Shaw Lowell". Retrieved 8 December 2017.