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SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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History
United States
NameAugustus Saint-Gaudens
NamesakeAugustus Saint-Gaudens
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorBlack Diamond Steamship Co.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1549
BuilderJ.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost$1,350,923[1]
Yard number31
Way number3
Laid down20 December 1943
Launched17 February 1944
Completed30 March 1944
Identification
Fate
Italy
NameNazareno
OwnerSociete Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa, Italy
Acquired27 May 1947
FateSold, 1948
Italy
OwnerGaribaldi Societe Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa, Italy
Acquired1948
FateScrapped, 1967
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
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 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

SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a Beaux-Arts sculptor that embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance", designer of the Saint-Gaudens double eagle, and founder of the "Cornish Colony".

Construction

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens was laid down on 20 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1549, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 17 February 1944.[3][1]

History

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She was allocated to Black Diamond Steamship Company, on 30 March 1944. On 17 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group, in Lee Hall, Virginia. On 3 May 1947, she was transferred to the Italian Government, which in turn sold her to Societe Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa, Italy, on 27 May 1947. She was renamed Nazareno. In 1948, she was sold to Garibaldi Societe Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa. She was scrapped in Spezia, in 1967.[4][5]

References

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Bibliography

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  • "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "Augustus Saint-Gaudens". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  • "SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens". Retrieved 1 December 2017.