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Liberty ship of WWII From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Soter Ortynsky was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Soter Ortynsky, the first Bishop of all Greek Catholics in the United States.
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Name | Soter Ortynsky |
Namesake | Soter Ortynsky |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Wessel Duval & Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2331 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $945,007[1] |
Yard number | 72 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 25 October 1944 |
Launched | 27 November 1944 |
Completed | 8 December 1944 |
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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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Soter Ortynsky was laid down on 25 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2331, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; and launched on 27 November 1944.[3][1]
She was allocated to Wessel Duval & Company, 8 December 1944. On 7 November 1945, she was placed in the James River Reserve Fleet, in Lee Hall, Virginia. She had been laid up because of the need for $56,500 in repairs.[4]
She was sold for scrapping, 21 December 1959, to Bethlehem Steel, for $75,421. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 7 January 1960.[4]
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