SS Edwin G. Weed

SS Edwin G. Weed was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Edwin G. Weed, the third bishop of Florida in the Episcopal Church.

History
United States
Name:	Edwin G. Weed
Namesake:	Edwin G. Weed
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	South Atlantic Steamship Lines, Inc.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1221
Builder:	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost:	$1,405,336[2]
Yard number:	29
Way number:	5
Laid down:	7 December 1943
Launched:	29 January 1944
Sponsored by:	Miss Margaret G. Weed
Completed:	11 February 1944
Identification:	Call sign: KVQO [2]
Fate:	Laid up in the, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 27 May 1946
Status:	Sold to Italy, 27 December 1946, removed from fleet, 3 January 1947
Italy
Name:	Eugenio C.
Owner:	Giacomo Costa fu Andrea
Fate:	Sold, 1963
Liberia
Name:	Aris
Owner:	Transatlantic Transport Corp
Fate:	Scrapped, 1967
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
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:	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Filer and Stowell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m^3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m^3) (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

Construction

Edwin G. Weed was laid down on 7 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1221, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Miss Margaret G. Weed, the sister of the namesake, and was launched on 29 January 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the South Atlantic Steamship Lines, Inc., on 11 February 1944. On 27 May 1946, she was laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. She was sold, 27 December 1946, to Italy, for $544,506, for commercial use. She was removed from the fleet on 3 January 1947. Edwin G. Weed was renamed Eugenio C. in 1947. In 1963, she was sold and named Aris and reflagged for Liberia. She was scrapped in 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 14 January 2020.
• Maritime Administration. "Edwin G. Weed". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 14 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "SS Edwin G. Weed". Retrieved 14 January 2020.