SS Isaac M. Singer

SS Isaac M. Singer was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Isaac M. Singer, an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

History
United States
Name	Isaac M. Singer
Namesake	Isaac M. Singer
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2506
Awarded	23 April 1943
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost	$917,824[2]
Yard number	70
Way number	4
Laid down	17 October 1944
Launched	19 November 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. James R.P. Bell, Jr.
Completed	27 November 1944
Identification	Call sign: KYUU [2]
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 20 September 1948 Sold for scrapping, 13 May 1970, withdrawn from fleet, 28 May 1970
General characteristics [3]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 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	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 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	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Isaac M. Singer was laid down on 17 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2506, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. William C. Calvin, the wife of the president of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shippbuilders of America, and was launched on 19 November 1944.^[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., on 27 November 1944. On 20 September 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, along with SS Stephen Furdek, on 13 May 1970, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $64,202. She was removed from the fleet, 28 May 1970.^[4]