SS Irvin S. Cobb

SS Irvin S. Cobb was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Irvin S. Cobb, an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky.

History
United States
Name: Irvin S. Cobb
Namesake: Irvin S. Cobb
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Seas Shipping Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2491
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,050,663[2]
Yard number: 55
Way number: 1
Laid down: 13 July 1944
Launched: 22 August 1944
Sponsored by: Ruth Alexander
Completed: 31 August 1944
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 15 July 1949
Status: Sold for scrapping, 6 July 1967, withdrawn from fleet, 18 July 1967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

Irvin S. Cobb was laid down on 13 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2491, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Ruth Alexander, the wife of H.F. Alexander, and friend of the namesake, and was launched on 22 August 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Seas Shipping Co., Inc., on 31 August 1944. On 15 July 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, 13 May 1970, to Union Minerals & Alloys, Corp., along with SS John S. Pillsbury, for $90,260. She was removed from the fleet, 18 July 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". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Irvin S. Cobb". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 29 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Irvin S. Cobb". Retrieved 29 January 2020.


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