SS Chief Osceola
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SS Chief Osceola was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Chief Osceola, resistance leader of the "Seminole", during the Second Seminole War.
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Name | Chief Osceola |
Namesake | Chief Osceola |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Navigation Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2322 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $950,246[1] |
Yard number | 63 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 28 August 1944 |
Launched | 4 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. T. Flythe |
Completed | 19 October 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 30 January 1947 |
Greece | |
Name | George D. Gratsos |
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Fate | Grounded, 26 July 1965, scrapped, 1967 |
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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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