SSCurtiss, a type C5-S-78a-class ship | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Planned | 12 |
Completed | 8 |
General characteristics C5 class[1] | |
Type | Dry bulk cargo ship |
Tonnage | 24,250 DWT |
Length | 583 ft (178 m) oa |
Beam | 78 ft (24 m) |
Draft | 34 ft (10 m) |
Installed power | 11,000 shp (8,200 kW) |
Propulsion | Steam turbines |
Speed | 16knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
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Crew | 63 |
The Type C5 ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II breakbulk cargo and later a container ship for containerization shipments. The first type C5-class ship was a class of ships constructed and produced in the United States during World War II. The World War II C5-class ship was dry bulk cargo ship built by Bethlehem SteelinSparrows Point, Maryland. Bethlehem Steel built eight ships in this bulk cargo class and four orders were canceled. The C5-class ship has a 24,250 DWT and was 560 feet (170 m) long. The C5 was mainly used as iron ore carriers. The C5 was needed to replace other ships that sank during World War II. First in her class was SS Venore, USMC #1982, delivered on 20 July 1945. The Type C5-class ship designed to fill the need to move iron ore from Santa Cruz, Chile, to Sparrows Point, Maryland, through the Panama Canal, a round-trip of 8,700 nautical miles (16,100 km; 10,000 mi).[2][3] Post World War II, four ships were given C5 class type C5-S-78a, these were roll-on/roll-off container ship built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.ofPascagoula, Mississippi and operated by the Moore-McCormack Lines. The C5-S-78a had a deadweight tonnage of 16,000 tons.[4][5]
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See also:- Empire ship, Fort ship, Park ship, Ocean ship. |
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