SS Isaac Mayer Wise
Liberty ship of WWII
| History |
United States |
Name | Isaac Mayer Wise |
Namesake | Isaac Mayer Wise |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2509 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida |
Cost | $964,961 |
Yard number | 73 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 3 November 1944 |
Launched | 6 December 1944 |
Completed | 15 December 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | |
General characteristics |
Class and type | |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | |
Length |
- 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
- 416 feet (127 m) pp
- 427 feet (130 m) lwl
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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)
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity |
- 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
- 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
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Complement | |
Armament | |
SS Isaac Mayer Wise was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Isaac Mayer Wise, an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author.
Construction
Isaac Mayer Wise was laid down on 3 November 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2509, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 6 December 1944.
History
She was allocated to the North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co., on 15 December 1944. On 26 December 1947, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 14 May 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping on 1 May 1972, to Luria Brothers & Company, for $37,100. She was removed from the fleet, 28 August 1972.
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