SS Flying Cloud

Last updated February 20, 2019

SS Flying Cloud may refer to one of two Type C2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:

Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1937–38. They were all-purpose cargo ships with five holds, and U.S. shipyards built 173 of them from 1939 to 1945. Compared to ships built before 1939, the C2s were remarkable for their speed and fuel economy. Their design speed was 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h), but some could make 19 knots (35 km/h) on occasion. The first C2s were 459 feet (140 m) long, 63 feet (19 m) broad, and 40 feet (12 m) deep, with a 25-foot (8 m) draft. Later ships varied somewhat in size.

The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet.

MS Flying Cloud (1939) (MC hull number 17), a Type C2 diesel-powered ship built by Federal Shipbuilding; served as United States Navy cargo ship USS Jupiter (AK-43) during World War II; scrapped in 1971
SS Flying Cloud (1944) (MC hull number 1197), a Type C2-S-B1 steam-powered ship built by Moore Dry Dock; scrapped 1972

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