SS Mary Cullom Kimbro

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Name
  • Mary Cullom Kimbro
  • Corporal Eric G. Gibson
Namesake
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator United Fruit Co.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 2349
Builder J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida [1]
Cost$1,109,568 [2]
Yard number90
Way number6
Laid down21 February 1945
Launched6 April 1945
Completed24 April 1945
Renamed1945
Refitconverted to US Army repair ship, 1945
Identification
Fate
General characteristics [3]
Class and 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)
Capacity490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale)
Complement
Armament

SS Mary Cullom Kimbro was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Mary Cullom Kimbro, a stewardess on board the passenger ship City of Birmingham when she was sunk by U-202, 1 July 1942. [4]

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Construction

Mary Cullom Kimbro was laid down on 21 February 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2349, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 6 April 1945. [1] [2]

History

She was allocated to United Fruit Co., on 24 April 1945. She was converted to an Army repair ship and renamed Corporal Eric G. Gibson, 1945. On 12 July 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. She was transferred to the US Navy, 25 April 1967, for use as an Ammunition Disposal Ship. She was scuttled with obsolete ammunition off the coast of Virginia, 15 June 1967. [5] [6] [7]

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