SS Grant Wood
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Name | Grant Wood |
Namesake | Grant Wood |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | American Export Lines |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1208 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $1,601,410[1] |
Yard number | 16 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 6 August 1943 |
Launched | 14 October 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Joseph W. Shands |
Completed | 26 October 1943 |
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Name | Prsolina |
Namesake | Prsolina |
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Fate | Sold for Scrapping, 1970 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Grant Wood was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Grant Wood, an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic.
Construction
[edit]Grant Wood was laid down on 6 August 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1208, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Shands, of Jacksonville, and was launched on 14 October 1943.[2][1]
History
[edit]She was allocated to American Export Lines, on 26 October 1943. On 15 June 1946, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. She was sold for commercial use, 4 March 1947, to the government of Italy, for $544,506. She was removed from the fleet on 12 March 1947. Grant Wood was renamed Prsolina and reflagged in Italy.[4]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- Maritime Administration. "Grant Wood". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "SS Grant Wood". Retrieved 31 December 2019.