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Name | Thomas Sully |
Namesake | Thomas Sully |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Calmar Steamship Corp. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1205 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $1,772,285[1] |
Yard number | 13 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 16 June 1943 |
Launched | 11 September 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mildred Pepper |
Completed | 27 September 1943 |
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Fate | Sold for commercial use, 30 January 1947, withdrawn from fleet, 5 February 1947 |
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Name | Actor |
Owner | Neptune Shipping, Ltd. |
Operator | Torrey Mosvold, Kristiansand |
Fate | Sold, 1949 |
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Name | Citta Di Palermo |
Owner | Sicilia Soc.di Nav |
Operator | Count Salvatore Tagliavia, Palermo |
Fate | Scrapped, 1963 |
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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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SS Thomas Sully was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Thomas Sully, an American portrait painter.
Construction
[edit]Thomas Sully was laid down on 16 June 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1205, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mildred Pepper, the wife of Claude Pepper, then Floridas junior United States senator, and launched on 11 September 1943.[2][1]
History
[edit]She was allocated to the Calmar Steamship Corp., on 27 September 1943. On 18 May 1946, she was placed in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 5 November 1946. She was sold for commercial use, 30 January 1947, to Neptune Shipping, Ltd., for $544,506. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 17 February 1947.[4]
Thomas Sully was renamed Actor and reflagged in Panama, in 1947. She was sold in 1949, to Sicilia Soc. di Nav. and reflagged in Italy, and renamed Citta Di Palermo. She was scrapped in 1963.[4]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- Maritime Administration. "Thomas Sully". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- "SS Thomas Sully". Retrieved 30 December 2019.