SS William and Mary Victory
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The SS William and Mary was a Victory ship built during World War II.
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A Typical Victory Ship. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | SS William and Mary |
Namesake | College of William & Mary |
Owner | War Shipping Administration |
Operator | International Freighting Company |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel *Fairfield Shipyard, Inc. |
Laid down | 1945-3-6 |
Launched | 1945-04-20 |
Christened | 1945-04-20 |
Completed | 1945-5-15 |
Commissioned | Troopship |
Fate | Sold in 1947 |
History | |
Argentina | |
Name | SS Mendoza 1947 |
Owner | Compana Argentina de Nav.Dodero, |
Operator | Compana Argentina de Nav.Dodero, |
Reclassified | Commercial Cargo Ship |
Fate | Sold in 1947 |
History | |
Argentina | |
Name | SS Mendoza 1947 |
Owner | Flota Argentina se Nav. de Ultramar |
Operator | Flota Argentina se Nav. de Ultramar |
Recommissioned | 1952 as Commercial passenger ship |
Fate | Sold in 1949 |
History | |
Argentina | |
Name | SS Mendoza 1949 |
Owner | Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas |
Operator | Empresa Lineas Maritimas ArgentinasUltramar |
Recommissioned | Commercial Cargo Ship 1961 |
Fate | Scrapped at Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 7725 tons (light displacement) |
Length | 139 m (456 ft) |
Beam | 18.9 m (62 ft) |
Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
Propulsion | Westinghouse steam turbines, single shaft, 8500 horsepower (6.3 MW) |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h) maximum sustained, 21 knots emergency |
Range | 12,500 nm at 12 knots |
Complement | 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards as Victory ship. *358 officers and men |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | none |
Aviation facilities | none |
Notes | [1] |
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