SS Hugh J. Kilpatrick

SS Hugh J. Kilpatrick was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Hugh J. Kilpatrick, an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile.

History
United States
Name:	Hugh J. Kilpatrick
Namesake:	Hugh J. Kilpatrick
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	States Marine Corp.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2480
Awarded:	23 April 1943
Builder:	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost:	$1,161,069[2]
Yard number:	44
Way number:	2
Laid down:	21 April 1944
Launched:	31 May 1944
Sponsored by:	Laura Consuelo Landa
Completed:	22 June 1944
Identification:	Call sign: WQFD [2]
Status:	Sold for commercial use, 21 October 1946
United States
Name:	Hoosier State
Namesake:	State of Indiana
Owner:	States Marine Corp
Fate:	Sold, April 1955
United States
Name:	Transamerican
Owner:	American Union Transport, Inc.
Operator:	Transamerican Steamship Corp.
Fate:	Sold, 19 August 1963
United States
Name:	A & J Mid-America
Owner:	Mid-America Steamship Corp.
Operator:	Pacific Seafarers, Inc.
Fate:	Grounded during typhoon, 9 May 1964
Status:	Sold, 2 April 1965
Liberia
Name:	Grand Hope
Owner:	Hope Navigation Corp.
Operator:	Sea King Corp
Fate:	Sold, 1967
South Korea
Name:	Union Tiger
Owner:	Union Shipping Co. (1967-1968) Hapdong Shipping Co. (1968-1969)
Operator:	Livanos, Ltd.
Fate:	Scrapped, 1969
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage:	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement:	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam:	57 feet (17 m)
Draft:	27 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:	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m^3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m^3) (bale)
Complement:	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament:	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Hugh J. Kilpatrick was laid down on 21 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2480, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Laura Consuelo Landa, granddaughter of the namesake, and was launched on 31 May 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the States Marine Corp., on 22 June 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 21 October 1946, to American Union Transport, Inc., for $558,118.52 and renamed Hoosier State. After several name and owner changes she was scrapped in South Korea, in 1969.[4]

References

1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
2. MARCOM.
3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
4. MARAD.

Bibliography

• "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
• Maritime Administration. "Hugh J. Kilpatrick". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 24 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "SS Hugh J. Kilpatrick". Retrieved 24 January 2020.