SS Patrick S. Mahony

SS Patrick S. Mahony was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Patrick S. Mahony, who was lost at sea while he was master of SS J.A. Moffett Jr., after she was torpedoed by German submarine U-571, on 8 July 1942, off Florida.

History
United States
Name:	Patrick S. Mahony
Namesake:	Patrick S. Mahony
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2400
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost:	$839,185[1]
Yard number:	185
Way number:	3
Laid down:	30 December 1944
Launched:	10 February 1945
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Christine Mahoney
Completed:	22 February 1945
Identification:	Call Signal: ANIC [1]
Fate:	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 13 September 1945 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 10 December 1947
Status:	Sold for scrapping, 19 January 1960
General characteristics [2]
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 Hamilton Engineering Works, Brunswick, Georgia) 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

Patrick S. Mahony was laid down on 30 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2400, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. L.A. Graves, and launched on 10 February 1945.[3][1]

History

She was allocated to the Black Diamond Steamship Co., on 22 February 1945. On 13 September 1945, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group. On 10 December 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 19 January 1960, she was sold for $70,318, along with nine other Liberty ships, to Bethlehem Steel, to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 20 February 1960.[4][5]

References

1. MARCOM.
2. Davies 2004, p. 23.
3. J.A. Brunswick 2010.
4. Liberty Ships.
5. MARAD.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
• "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 19 November 2017.
• Maritime Administration. "Patrick S. Mahony". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 19 November 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "SS Patrick S. Mahony". Retrieved 19 November 2017.