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History
SS Frank FlowersUnited States
NameFrank Flowers
NamesakeFrank Flowers
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorAmerican Export Lines, Inc.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C5) hull, MC hull 3141
BuilderJ.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida[2]
Cost$841,060[1]
Yard number101
Way number5
Laid down9 May 1945
Launched22 June 1945
Completed16 July 1945
Identification
  • Call sign: AOEL
  • [1]
Fate
  • Placed in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 26 October 1945
  • Placed in the, Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 21 August 1953
  • Sold for scrapping, 15 July 1974, removed from fleet, 5 August 1974
General characteristics [3]
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C5, boxed aircraft transport
Tonnage
  • 10,600 LT DWT
  • 7,200 GRT
Displacement
  • 3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
  • 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Filer and Stowell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity490,000 cubic feet (13,875 m3) (bale)
Complement
  • 38–62 USMM
  • 21–40 USNAG
Armament
  • Varied by ship
  • Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun
  • 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,
  • 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Frank Flowers was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Frank Flowers, a veteran of the Spanish–American War, he served aboard Leviathan, in the supply department, during WWI, and later served as steward and purser with the United States Lines.[4]

  1. ^ a b MARCOM.
  2. ^ J.A. Panama City 2010.
  3. ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. ^ Armed-Guard.

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