Type C6 ship SS Grand Canyon State as a converted auxiliary crane ship.
Class overview
Builders
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding, Mobile, Alabama (MA-8 and MA-10)
Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, Maryland (MA-12 and MA-15)
Ingalls Shipbuilding (West Yard), Pascagoula, Mississippi (MA164-166; MA-244 - MA-247)
Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock, Norfolk, Virginia (MA-14)
Todd Shipyards, Galveston, Texas (MA-9 and MA-13)
Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn, New York (MA-30)
Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Washington (MA-164 - MA-166)
Operators
United States Maritime Commission
Preceded by
Type C4 and C5 class ships
Succeeded by
Type C7 container ship
Subclasses
Four
Completed
19
Laid up
3 (NDRF)
Scrapped
16
General characteristics
Type
C6-S-1qa partial container ship (3 converted from C4-S-1a)
C6-S-1w container ship (8 converted from C4-S-1a)
C6-S-85a container ship (4 new built)
C6-S-85b container ship (3 new built)
Tonnage
16,820 gross tons (C6-S-1qa)
15,830 gross tons C6-S-1w
21,150 gross tons C6-S-85a
21,500 gross tons C6-S-85b
Length
668.65 ft (203.80 m) C6-S-1qc
661.17 ft (201.52 m) C6-S-1w
669.67 ft (204.12 m) C6-S-85a
Beam
76 ft (23 m) C6-S-1qc
76 ft (23 m) C6-S-1w
90 ft (27 m) C6-S-85a
Draft
33.08 ft (10.08 m) C6-S-1qc
27 ft (8.2 m) C6-S-1w
29 ft (8.8 m) C6-S-85a
Speed
19.5 - 22.5 knots
Range
13,700 miles (C6-S-1qc)
9,400 miles (C6-S-1w)
16,200 miles (C6-S-85a)
Complement
Varied by design type
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