History | |
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United States | |
Name | Jasper F. Cropsey |
Namesake | Jasper F. Cropsey |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Navigation Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2484 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [2] |
Cost | $1,116,898 [1] |
Yard number | 48 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 19 May 1944 |
Launched | 30 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William Thinschneider |
Completed | 20 July 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 7 April 1947 |
United States | |
Name | Jaspar F. Cropsey |
Owner | United States Navigation Co |
Fate | Sold, November 1948 |
United States | |
Name |
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Owner | Panoceanic Steamship Corp. |
Operator | Orion Shiping & Trading Co. |
Fate | Sold, April 1955 |
* (1955–1957)
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Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Tramp Freighter Corp. |
Operator | Polarus Steamship Co. |
Fate | Sold, 21 March 1957 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Seatramp, Inc. |
Operator | Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd |
Fate | Sold, 1 November 1961 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd |
Fate | Sold, 29 November 1966 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Hudson Waterways Corp. |
Operator | Transeastern Assoc., Inc. |
Fate | Sold, 25 August 1967 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | US Department of Commerce |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 29 September 1967 |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type |
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Tonnage | |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity |
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Complement | |
Armament |
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SS Jasper F. Cropsey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jasper F. Cropsey, an American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.
Jasper F. Cropsey was laid down on 19 May 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2484, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. William Thinschneider, the granddaughter of the namesake, and was launched on 30 June 1944. [2] [1]
She was allocated to the United States Navigation Co., Inc., on 20 July 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 7 April 1947, to United States Navigation Co., Inc. After a name and several owner changes she was scrapped in Italy, in 1967. [4]
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Jasper F. Cropsey |
Namesake | Jasper F. Cropsey |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United States Navigation Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2484 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida [2] |
Cost | $1,116,898 [1] |
Yard number | 48 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 19 May 1944 |
Launched | 30 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William Thinschneider |
Completed | 20 July 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 7 April 1947 |
United States | |
Name | Jaspar F. Cropsey |
Owner | United States Navigation Co |
Fate | Sold, November 1948 |
United States | |
Name |
|
Owner | Panoceanic Steamship Corp. |
Operator | Orion Shiping & Trading Co. |
Fate | Sold, April 1955 |
* (1955–1957)
| |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Tramp Freighter Corp. |
Operator | Polarus Steamship Co. |
Fate | Sold, 21 March 1957 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Seatramp, Inc. |
Operator | Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd |
Fate | Sold, 1 November 1961 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd |
Fate | Sold, 29 November 1966 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | Hudson Waterways Corp. |
Operator | Transeastern Assoc., Inc. |
Fate | Sold, 25 August 1967 |
United States | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | US Department of Commerce |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 29 September 1967 |
General characteristics [3] | |
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 Jasper F. Cropsey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jasper F. Cropsey, an American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.
Jasper F. Cropsey was laid down on 19 May 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2484, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. William Thinschneider, the granddaughter of the namesake, and was launched on 30 June 1944. [2] [1]
She was allocated to the United States Navigation Co., Inc., on 20 July 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 7 April 1947, to United States Navigation Co., Inc. After a name and several owner changes she was scrapped in Italy, in 1967. [4]