SS Jasper F. Cropsey
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SS Jasper F. Cropsey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jasper F. Cropsey, an American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.
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United States | |
Name | Jasper F. Cropsey |
Namesake | Jasper F. Cropsey |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Navigation Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2484 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
Cost | $1,116,898[2] |
Yard number | 48 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 19 May 1944 |
Launched | 30 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William Thinschneider |
Completed | 20 July 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 7 April 1947 |
United States | |
Name | Jaspar F. Cropsey |
Owner | United States Navigation Co |
Fate | Sold, November 1948 |
United States | |
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Owner | Panoceanic Steamship Corp. |
Operator | Orion Shiping & Trading Co. |
Fate | Sold, April 1955 |
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Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Tramp Freighter Corp. |
Operator | Polarus Steamship Co. |
Fate | Sold, 21 March 1957 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Seatramp, Inc. |
Operator | Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd |
Fate | Sold, 1 November 1961 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd |
Fate | Sold, 29 November 1966 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Hudson Waterways Corp. |
Operator | Transeastern Assoc., Inc. |
Fate | Sold, 25 August 1967 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | US Department of Commerce |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 29 September 1967 |
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Length | |
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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