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SS Harvey CushingUnited States
NameHarvey Cushing
NamesakeHarvey Cushing
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorMarine Transport Lines, Inc.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1210
BuilderSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2]
Cost$1,455,316[1]
Yard number18
Way number6
Laid down5 September 1943
Launched31 October 1943
Sponsored byBetsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney
Completed11 November 1943
Identification
  • Call sign: KUJO
  • [1]
Fate
  • Laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 30 August 1946
  • Sold for commercial use, 9 December 1946, removed from fleet, 25 February 1947
SS Harvey CushingItaly
NameEretteo
OwnerFratelli d'Amico
OperatorA.F. Klaveness & Co.
FateGrounded, 20 September 1965, refloated and scrapped
General characteristics [3]
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage
  • 10,865 LT DWT
  • 7,176 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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed11.5 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
  • 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 Harvey Cushing was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harvey Cushing, an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease.

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  2. ^ St. John's River SBC 2010.
  3. ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.

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