SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameAugustus Saint-Gaudens
Namesake Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator Black Diamond Steamship Co.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1549
Builder J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost$1,350,923 [1]
Yard number31
Way number3
Laid down20 December 1943
Launched17 February 1944
Completed30 March 1944
Identification
Fate
Civil Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
NameNazareno
Owner Societe Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa, Italy
Acquired27 May 1947
FateSold, 1948
Civil Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
Owner Garibaldi Societe Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa, Italy
Acquired1948
FateScrapped, 1967
General characteristics [2]
Class & type
Tonnage
Displacement
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 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
Armament

SS Augustus Saint-Gaudens was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Augustus Saint-Gaudens, a Beaux-Arts sculptor that embodied the ideals of the "American Renaissance", designer of the Saint-Gaudens double eagle, and founder of the "Cornish Colony".

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Construction

Augustus Saint-Gaudens was laid down on 20 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1549, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 17 February 1944. [3] [1]

History

She was allocated to Black Diamond Steamship Company, on 30 March 1944. On 17 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group, in Lee Hall, Virginia. On 3 May 1947, she was transferred to the Italian Government, which in turn sold her to Societe Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa, Italy, on 27 May 1947. She was renamed Nazareno. In 1948, she was sold to Garibaldi Societe Coop di Navigazione Resp. Ltda., Genoa. She was scrapped in Spezia, in 1967. [4] [5]

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