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Curtiss
, a type C5-S-78a-class ship
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Class overview
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Builders
| Bethlehem Steel
,
Sparrows Point, Maryland
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Planned
| 12
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Completed
| 8
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General characteristics C5 class
[1]
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Type
| Dry bulk
cargo ship
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Tonnage
| 24,250
DWT
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Length
| 583 ft (178 m)
oa
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Beam
| 78 ft (24 m)
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Draft
| 34 ft (10 m)
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Installed power
| 11,000
shp
(8,200 kW)
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Propulsion
| Steam turbines
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Speed
| 16
knots
(30 km/h; 18 mph)
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Range
| 12,000
nmi
(22,000 km; 14,000 mi)
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Capacity
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- Cargo: 420,284 cu ft (11,901.1 m
3
)
- Fuel oil, forward, full 5,719 bbl
- Fuel oil, aft, full 7,894 bbl
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Crew
| 63
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The
Type C5 ship
is a
United States Maritime Administration
(MARAD) designation for
World War II
breakbulk cargo and later a container ship for
containerization
shipments. The first type C5-class ship was a class of ships constructed and produced in the United States during World War II. The World War II C5-class ship was
dry bulk
cargo ship
built by
Bethlehem Steel
in
Sparrows Point, Maryland
. Bethlehem Steel built eight ships in this
bulk cargo
class and four orders were canceled. The C5-class ship has a 24,250
DWT
and was 560 feet (170 m) long. The C5 was mainly used as
iron ore
carriers. The C5 was needed to replace other ships that sank during World War II. First in her class was SS
Venore
, USMC #1982, delivered on 20 July 1945. The Type C5-class ship designed to fill the need to move iron ore from
Santa Cruz, Chile
, to Sparrows Point, Maryland, through the
Panama Canal
, a round-trip of 8,700
nautical miles
(16,100 km; 10,000 mi).
[2]
[3]
Post World War II, four ships were given C5 class type C5-S-78a, these were
roll-on/roll-off
container ship
built by
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
of
Pascagoula, Mississippi
and operated by the
Moore-McCormack Lines
. The C5-S-78a had a deadweight tonnage of 16,000 tons.
[4]
[5]
Ships in class
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Ordered during World War II
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- C5-S AX1
C5 iron ore carriers, 1948.
[6]
- Venore
, USMC #1982, Hull 4411, scrapped 1970
- Marore
, USMC #1983, Hull 4412, scrapped 1970
- Lebore
, USMC #1984, Hull 4413, converted to
container ship
1966, scrapped 1972
- Feltore
, USMC #1985, Hull 4414, converted to container ship 1967, scrapped 1971
- Chilore
, Hull 4445, scrapped 1970
- Santore
, Hull 4446, scrapped 1970
- Cubore
, Hull 4457, scrapped 1980
- Baltore
, Hull 4458, converted to
barge
in 1981
Post World War II
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- C5-S-78a
container ship 1968
[7]
- SS
Curtiss
(T-AVB-4)
laid down on 1 April 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi as SS
Mormacksky
, Maritime Commission type C5-S-78a.
- SS
Mormacstar
, a Maritime Administration, roll-on/roll-off container ship. renamed: SS
Red Jacket
, SS
American Rapid
, SS
Rapid
,
Cape Nome
, and
SS
Cape Nome
(AK-1014)
, 3 April 2002, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group.
[8]
- SS
Mormacsea
1969 roll-on/roll-off container ship, renamed
Defiance
in 1978, renamed
American Rover
in 1982, renamed
Rover
in 1983 and scrapped in 1993 at
Alang, India
.
- SS
Mormacsun
1970 roll-on/roll-off container ship, renamed SS
Young America
in 1970, renamed
SS
Wright
(T-AVB-3)
in 1986, in active service.
[9]
Conversions
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SS
Cape Girardeau
, a C5-S-75a at Alameda
Former Merchant Marine Academy flagship SS
Cape Gibson
, ex-SS
Indian Mail
a C5-S-75a
SS
Cornhusker State
, ex C.V.
Stag Hound
, a C5-S-73b conversion
- C5-S-37e conversions
- Some C3-S-37a cargo ships were modified in the 1970s to a new C5-S-37e design by the Todd Shipyards Corp., Galveston, Texas. C3-class ships was lengthened by 97.5 feet (29.7 m) to be a class C5.
[10]
[11]
[12]
- James Lykes
1960, scrapped in 1995.
- Joseph Lykes
1960, scrapped in 1996.
- Zoella Lykes
1960, scrapped 1995 at Alang.
- John Lykes
1960, scrapped 1995 at Alang.
- Thompson Lykes
1960, rebuilt into a barge in 1994.
[13]
- C5-S-75a
built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia for the
American Mail Line
of
Seattle, Washington
as
break bulk cargo
or container ship, with 21,600 shp (16,100 kW) at 15,950 tons, 21.0 knots (38.9 km/h; 24.2 mph). The largest general cargo liners in 1969.
[16]
- Alaskan Mail
1968, renamed
Cape Girardeau
(AK-2039)
1978, scrapped September 2023.
- Indian Mail
renamed
Cape Gibson
(AK-5051)
, scrapped October 2020
- Korean Mail
built 1969, scrapped 1995.
- Hong Kong Mail
built 1968, renamed
SS
Wilson
in 1978, scrapped June 2008.
- American Mail
(1969) later renamed SS
Cleveland
, scrapped 2009
See also
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References
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- ^
SS Venore
- ^
sname.org, Ore Carrier S.S. Venore, 1945, by Robinson H F; Worthen E P
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shipbuildinghistory.com C5
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shipbuildinghistory.com, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
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usmaritimecommission.de, The C5-Designs and his Conversions
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usmm.org, United States Maritime Commission C5 and R (Refrigerated) Type Ships
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shipbuildinghistory.com C3 and C5
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navsource.org SS Mormacstar
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shipbuildinghistory.com, Roll-on/Roll-off Container
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shipspotting.com, James Lykes
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/james.htm, wellandcanal.ca, James Lykes
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usmaritimecommission.de, The C5-Designs and his Conversions
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Lykes Brothers Steam Ship Company / Lykes Lines, New Orleans, Tampa, 1898-2005
- ^
Toppan, Andrew (2003).
"Bath Iron Works Production Record, Part 3"
.
Hull 277 and later
. Hazegray Shipbuilding Pages
. Retrieved
April 23,
2010
.
- ^
Export Freedom
- ^
navsource.org, SS American Mail
World War II Maritime Commission ship designs
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