SS Jasper F. Cropsey

SS Jasper F. Cropsey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jasper F. Cropsey, an American landscape artist of the Hudson River School.

History
United States
Name: Jasper F. Cropsey
Namesake: Jasper F. Cropsey
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: United States Navigation Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2484
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,116,898[2]
Yard number: 48
Way number: 6
Laid down: 19 May 1944
Launched: 30 June 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. William Thinschneider
Completed: 20 July 1944
Identification:
Fate: Sold for commercial use, 7 April 1947
United States
Name: Jaspar F. Cropsey
Owner: United States Navigation Co
Fate: Sold, November 1948
United States
Name:
  • Jaspar F. Cropsey (1948–1949)
  • Oceanic (1949–)
Owner: Panoceanic Steamship Corp.
Operator: Orion Shiping & Trading Co.
Fate: Sold, April 1955
  • (1955–1957)
  • (1957)
Name: Oceanic
Owner: Tramp Freighter Corp.
Operator: Polarus Steamship Co.
Status: Sold, 21 March 1957
United States
Name: Oceanic
Owner: Seatramp, Inc.
Operator: Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd
Fate: Sold, 1 November 1961
United States
Name: Oceanic
Owner: Cargo Ships & Tankers Ltd
Fate: Sold, 29 November 1966
United States
Name: Oceanic
Owner: Hudson Waterways Corp.
Operator: Transeastern Assoc., Inc.
Fate: Sold, 25 August 1967
United States
Name: Oceanic
Owner: US Department of Commerce
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 29 September 1967
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
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:
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)
Complement:
Armament:

Construction

Jasper F. Cropsey was laid down on 19 May 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2484, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. William Thinschneider, the granddaughter of the namesake, and was launched on 30 June 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the United States Navigation Co., Inc., on 20 July 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 7 April 1947, to United States Navigation Co., Inc. After a name and several owner changes she was scrapped in Italy, in 1967.[4]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Jasper F. Cropsey". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  • "SS Jasper F. Cropsey". Retrieved 24 January 2020.


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