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United States | |
Name | Chief Osceola |
Namesake | Chief Osceola |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Navigation Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2322 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $950,246 [1] |
Yard number | 63 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 28 August 1944 |
Launched | 4 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. T. Flythe |
Completed | 19 October 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 30 January 1947 |
Greece | |
Name | George D. Gratsos |
Owner |
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Fate | Grounded, 26 July 1965, scrapped, 1967 |
General characteristics [2] | |
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Length | |
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 Chief Osceola was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Chief Osceola, resistance leader of the "Seminole", during the Second Seminole War.
Chief Osceola was laid down on 28 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2322, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. W. T. Flythe, wife of director of public relation JAJCC, and launched on 4 October 1944. [3] [1]
She was allocated to United States Navigation Company, 19 October 1944. [4]
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