SS Cassimir
SS Cassimir was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Cassimir |
| Owner | United States Shipping Board (1920) American Fuel & Transport Company (1920) United States Shipping Board (1921–1922) Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (1922–1923) Cuban Distilling Company (1923–1942) |
| Builder | American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 1531[1] |
| Launched | May 1920 |
| Completed | 1920 |
| Homeport | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk in collision, 26 February 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Design 1022 cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 390.0 ft (118.9 m) |
| Beam | 54.2 ft (16.5 m) |
| Depth | 27.8 ft (8.5 m) |
| Installed power | Oil-fired steam turbines,[3] 2500 ihp[4] |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots[4] |
| Range | 9,000 miles[5] |
| Capacity | 344,963 gallons |
History
She was laid down at yard number 1531 at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipyard of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board.[3] She was completed in 1920 and named Cassimir.[1][4] In 1920, she was purchased by the American Fuel & Transportation Company[1] and converted into a tanker by the Globe Shipbuilding Company in Baltimore[6] with a 344,963 gallon capacity.[5] In 1921, she was returned to the USSB.[1] In 1922, she was purchased by the Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (Baltimore, Maryland).[1] In 1923, she was purchased by the Cuban Distilling Company [1] where she was utilized to transport blackstrap molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining, to the United States where it would be used to produce cattle feed, vinegar and denatured alcohol.
On February 26, 1942, she collided with the U.S. freighter SS Lara and sank southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina (33°28′N 77°34′W).[7]
Citations
- McKellar, p. Part II, 589.
- Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing vessels, Arranged in Order of Signal Letters. p. 94.
- McKellar, p. Part II, 588.
- Marine Review 1921, p. 97.
- Fifty Second Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States - Seagoing Merchant Steam Vessels of 500 Gross Tons and Over Fitted For Burning Oil Fuel. p. 462.
- Marine Review 1921, p. 17.
- Cressman, Robert. The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. 2016.
References
- "1930-1931 Cassimir" (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Ships. 1930.
Bibliography
- McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships, p. 588" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- Marine Review (1921). "1920 Construction Record of U.S. Yards -Cassimir". The Marine Review. New York. 51 (February): 17 and 97. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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