SS Isaac Mayer Wise

SS Isaac Mayer Wise was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Isaac Mayer Wise, an American Reform rabbi, editor, and author.

History
United States
Name:	Isaac Mayer Wise
Namesake:	Isaac Mayer Wise
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2509
Awarded:	23 April 1943
Builder:	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost:	$964,961[2]
Yard number:	73
Way number:	1
Laid down:	3 November 1944
Launched:	6 December 1944
Completed:	15 December 1944
Identification:	Call sign: ANBT [2]
Fate:	Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 26 December 1947 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 14 May 1952
Status:	Sold for scrapping, 1 May 1972, withdrawn from fleet, 28 August 1972
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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 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

Isaac Mayer Wise was laid down on 3 November 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2509, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; and was launched on 6 December 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the North Atlantic & Gulf Steamship Co., on 15 December 1944. On 26 December 1947, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 14 May 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping on 1 May 1972, to Luria Brothers & Company, for $37,100. She was removed from the fleet, 28 August 1972.[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 10 February 2020.
• Maritime Administration. "Isaac Mayer Wise". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 10 February 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "SS Isaac Mayer Wise". Retrieved 10 February 2020.