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United States | |
Name | Cassius Hudson |
Namesake | Cassius Hudson |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2373 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1,032,241 [1] |
Yard number | 158 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 22 July 1944 |
Launched | 31 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Frances Hudson |
Completed | 14 September 1944 |
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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 Cassius Hudson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Cassius Hudson, a Farm Demonstration Agent for the North Carolina Extension Service and developer of 4-H Youth Development programs.
Cassius Hudson was laid down on 22 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2373, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Miss Frances Hudson, and launched on 31 August 1944. [3] [1]
She was allocated to the Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc., on 14 September 1944. On 16 October 1945, she struck a mine off Gibraltar, while sailing for Venice, she was taken under tow but struck another mine and was sunk at 45°32′N 13°12′E / 45.533°N 13.200°E, near Trieste, Italy. [1] [4] On 20 February 1948, she was sold, along with 39 other vessels, including her sister ships SS Isaac Shelby and SS Niels Poulson, for $520,000, to Venturi Salvaggi Ricuperi Imprese Marittime Societa per Azioni, Genoa. [5] [6]
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Cassius Hudson |
Namesake | Cassius Hudson |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2373 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1,032,241 [1] |
Yard number | 158 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 22 July 1944 |
Launched | 31 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Frances Hudson |
Completed | 14 September 1944 |
Identification |
|
Fate |
|
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type |
|
Tonnage | |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity |
|
Complement | |
Armament |
|
SS Cassius Hudson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Cassius Hudson, a Farm Demonstration Agent for the North Carolina Extension Service and developer of 4-H Youth Development programs.
Cassius Hudson was laid down on 22 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2373, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Miss Frances Hudson, and launched on 31 August 1944. [3] [1]
She was allocated to the Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc., on 14 September 1944. On 16 October 1945, she struck a mine off Gibraltar, while sailing for Venice, she was taken under tow but struck another mine and was sunk at 45°32′N 13°12′E / 45.533°N 13.200°E, near Trieste, Italy. [1] [4] On 20 February 1948, she was sold, along with 39 other vessels, including her sister ships SS Isaac Shelby and SS Niels Poulson, for $520,000, to Venturi Salvaggi Ricuperi Imprese Marittime Societa per Azioni, Genoa. [5] [6]