SS Clifford D. Mallory

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Liberty Ship SS Clifford D. Mallory, 11 April 1943
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Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameClifford D. Mallory
Namesake Clifford D. Mallory
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator Marine Transport Lines, Inc.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 952
Awarded30 January 1942
Builder Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland [1]
Cost$1,063,757 [2]
Yard number2102
Way number6
Laid down30 January 1943
Launched11 March 1943
Completed26 March 1943
Identification
FateLaid up in reserve fleet, 1 June 1948, converted for USN use, 1 June 1955
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameClifford D. Mallory
Builder Mississippi Shipping Co., Mobile, Alabama
Reclassified
FateReturned to reserve fleet, 17 January 1956, sold for scrapping, 28 October 1971
NotesUSN never acquired the converted ship
General characteristics [3]
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 Clifford D. Mallory was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Clifford D. Mallory, a vice president of the Mallory and Clyde Lines, a Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation officer, and founder of C.D. Mallory & Co.

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Construction

Clifford D. Mallory was laid down on 30 January 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 952, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 11 March 1943. [1] [2]

History

She was allocated to the Marine Transport Lines, Inc., on 26 March 1943. [4]

On 1 June 1948, she was first laid up in the Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Alabama.

Conversion to minesweeper

On 1 June 1955, she was withdrawn from the reserve fleet and transported to the Mississippi Shipping Co., in Mobile, for conversion to a minesweeper. The conversion included installing equipment for remote control propulsion, adding a 1,000 U.S. gal/min (0.063 m3/s) ballesting pump, and changing buoyant material in all five holds. She had been assigned the new classification of YAG, Auxiliary Service Craft, Miscellaneous, and the hull number 49, but after conversion she was not acquired by the USN and was placed back into the Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, 17 January 1956. [5] [4]

Fate

On 28 October 1971, she was sold, along with 13 other ships, for $513,800, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for scrapping. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 16 December 1971. [4]

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