SS Cassimir

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NameCassimir
Owner United States Shipping Board (1920)
American Fuel & Transport Company (1920)
United States Shipping Board (1921–1922)
Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (1922–1923)
Cuban Distilling Company (1923–1942)
Builder American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia
Yard number1531 [1]
LaunchedMay 1920
Completed1920
Homeport Baltimore, Maryland
Identification
FateSunk in collision, 26 February 1942
General characteristics
Type Design 1022 cargo ship
Tonnage
Length390.0 ft (118.9 m)
Beam54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Depth27.8 ft (8.5 m)
Installed powerOil-fired steam turbines, [3] 2500 ihp [4]
PropulsionSingle screw
Speed11.5 knots [4]
Range9,000 miles [5]
Capacity344,963 gallons

SSCassimir was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

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History

She was laid down at yard number 1531 at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipyard of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board. [3] She was completed in 1920 and named Cassimir. [1] [4] In 1920, she was purchased by the American Fuel & Transportation Company [1] and converted into a tanker by the Globe Shipbuilding Company in Baltimore [6] with a 344,963 gallon capacity. [5] In 1921, she was returned to the USSB. [1] In 1922, she was purchased by the Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (Baltimore, Maryland). [1] In 1923, she was purchased by the Cuban Distilling Company [1] where she was utilized to transport blackstrap molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining, to the United States where it would be used to produce cattle feed, vinegar and denatured alcohol.

On February 26, 1942, she collided with the U.S. freighter SS Lara and sank southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina ( 33°28′N77°34′W / 33.467°N 77.567°W / 33.467; -77.567 Coordinates: 33°28′N77°34′W / 33.467°N 77.567°W / 33.467; -77.567 ). [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McKellar, p. Part II, 589.
  2. 1 2 3 Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing vessels, Arranged in Order of Signal Letters. p. 94.
  3. 1 2 3 McKellar, p. Part II, 588.
  4. 1 2 3 Marine Review 1921, p. 97.
  5. 1 2 Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing Merchant Steam Vessels of 500 Gross Tons and Over Fitted For Burning Oil Fuel. p. 462.
  6. ↑ Marine Review 1921, p. 17.
  7. ↑ Cressman, Robert. The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016.

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