SS Meteor (1943)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Meteor.

a C2-S-B1 type ship
History
United States
Name	Meteor (1943—1947) American Miller (1947-1970)
Namesake	A Meteor
Builder	Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California
Completed	17 August 1943
Commissioned	1944
Fate	Sold in 1948 renamed American Miller, scrapped in 1970
General characteristics
Class and type	C2-S-B1 Cargo, then troopship
Displacement	6,556 tons light 13,910 tons full load
Length	459 ft 2 in (139.95 m)
Beam	63 ft (19 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m) limiting
Installed power	Three 250-kilowatt (335-horsepower) 240-volt direct-current diesel ship's service generators; 880 barrels (140 m^3) diesel fuel
Propulsion	One General Electric Steam turbine; two Foster Wheeler D-type boilers 450 psi at 750 degrees; double General Electric main reduction gears; 6,000 horsepower (4.47 megawatts); one shaft; 10,300 barrels (1,640 m^3) Navy special fuel oil
Speed	16.5 knots (trial)
Capacity	2,100 deadweight tons cargo 10,321 cubic feet (292 cubic meters refrigerated cargo space 135,935 cubic feet (3,849 cubic meters) non-refrigerated cargo space
Troops	1,575 (75 officers, 1,500 enlisted men)
Complement	276 (24 officers, 252 enlisted men)
Armament	1 × single 5-inch/38-caliber (127-mm) dual-purpose gun mount 4 × single 3-inch/50-caliber (76.2-mm) dual-purpose gun mounts 12 × single 20-mm antiaircraft gun mounts
Notes	Largest boom capacity 10 tons

SS Meteor (MC hull number 292, Type C2-S-B1) was built by the Moore Drydock Co. in Oakland, CA in 1943, and upon completion of construction was pressed into service as a War Shipping Administration (WSA) troop transport vessel. The ship was operated by Mississippi Shipping Company as agents for WSA. It transported troops throughout the Pacific Ocean from 1943 through 1945. It traveled from California to locations such as Hawaii, Eniwetok, Ulithi, Okinawa, Saipan and Guam, among others.[1]

After the war the ship entered the James River reserve fleet on 19 April 1946. Meteor was reconverted to civilian use during early to mid 1947 and sold 12 December 1947 to U.S. Lines to be renamed American Miller. The ship was sold 23 July 1969 to Amercargo Shipping Company. The ship was scrapped in Taiwan 6 March 1970.[2]

References

1. Charles, Roland (April 1947). Troopships of World War II (PDF) (First ed.). Washington, D.C.: The Army Transportation Association. p. 224. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
2. Maritime Administration. "Meteor". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 8 June 2021.