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SS Ralph IzardUnited States
NameRalph Izard
NamesakeRalph Izard
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorAmerican Foreign Steamship Corp.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 914
Awarded1 January 1942
BuilderBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[2]
Cost$1,042,919[1]
Yard number2064
Way number4
Laid down1 August 1942
Launched12 September 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Charles E. Keys
Completed23 September 1942
Identification
  • Call sign: KHCS
  • [1]
Fate
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 5 September 1947
  • Sold for scrapping, 11 February 1965, withdrawn from fleet, 11 March 1965
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 Ralph Izard was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Ralph Izard, an American politician. He was appointed commissioner to the Court of Tuscany by the Continental Congress in 1776, but was recalled in 1779. He returned to America in 1780, and pledged his large estate in South Carolina, for the payment of war ships to be used in the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. In 1788, he was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1795, serving as President pro tempore of the United States Senate during the Third Congress.

  1. ^ a b MARCOM.
  2. ^ Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
  3. ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.

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