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History |
United States |
Name | Richard Bassett |
Namesake | Richard Bassett |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | A. H. Bull Steamship Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 41 |
Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
Cost | $1,056,089 |
Yard number | 2028 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 18 March 1942 |
Launched | 22 May 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. J.F. McInnis |
Completed | 13 June 1942 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 26 March 1947 |
United States |
Name | Carolyn |
Owner | Baltimore Insular Line |
Operator | A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |
Fate | Exchanged to Maritime Administration (MARAD), 29 August 1961 |
United States |
Name | Carolyn |
Owner | Maritime Administration |
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 | |