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United States | |
Name | Edward P. Alexander |
Namesake | Edward P. Alexander |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1505 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1,501,325 [1] |
Yard number | 121 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 21 September 1943 |
Launched | 23 November 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. E.A. Lotz |
Completed | 30 November 1943 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold, 7 January 1947 |
Italy | |
Name | Orizia |
Owner | Fratelli D'Amico, Rome |
Acquired | 20 January 1947 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1970 |
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Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Edward P. Alexander was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Edward P. Alexander, a Confederate States Army Brigadier general and railroad executive.
Edward P. Alexander was laid down on 21 September 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1505, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. E.A. Lotz, and launched on 23 November 1943. [3] [1]
She was allocated to the Wilmore Steamship Company, on 30 November 1943. On 15 June 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in the James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 7 January 1947, she was turned over to the Italian Government, which in turn sold her to Fratelli d'Amico, Rome, for $544,506, on 20 January 1947. She was renamed Orizia. She ran aground off Veracruz Harbor on 20 January 1963, and was scrapped in 1970. [4] [5]
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