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United States | |
Name | William P. Duval |
Namesake | William P. Duval |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Blidberg & Rothchild Co.Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2319 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,043,714 [1] |
Yard number | 60 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 10 August 1944 |
Launched | 15 September 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mary Caldwell |
Completed | 29 September 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 10 January 1947, withdrawn from fleet, 13 January 1947 |
Italy | |
Name | Vesuvio |
Namesake | Mount Vesuvius |
Owner | Società di navigazione Italia |
Fate | Scrapped, 1973 |
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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 William P. Duval was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William P. Duval, the first civilian governor of the Florida Territory.
William P. Duval was laid down on 10 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2319, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mary Caldwell, wife of then Florida Governor-elect, Millard Caldwell, and launched on 15 September 1944. [3] [1]
She was allocated to Blidberg & Rothchild Co. Inc., 29 September 1944. On 17 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. [4]
She was allocated to the Parry Navigation Co., 15 November 1946. [4]
She was sold, on 10 January 1947, to Società di navigazione Italia, for $563,117.54 and commercial use. She was flagged in Italy and renamed Vesuvio. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 13 January 1947. She was laid up in 1972 and scrapped in 1973. [4]
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