SS Negley D. Cochran

SS Negley D. Cochran was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Negley D. Cochran, an American newspaper editor and owner of The Toledo Bee newspaper.

History
United States
Name:	Negley D. Cochran
Namesake:	Negley D. Cochran
Owner:	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator:	Smith & Johnson Co.
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2492
Awarded:	23 April 1943
Builder:	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost:	$1,065,039[2]
Yard number:	56
Way number:	2
Laid down:	19 July 1944
Launched:	29 August 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Abraham Hurwitz
Completed:	10 September 1944
Identification:	Call sign: KSSX [2]
Status:	Sold for commercial use, 6 February 1947
United States
Name:	Negley D. Cochran
Owner:	States Marine Corp.
Fate:	Sold, 12 August 1947
Panama
Name:	Global Trader
Owner:	Global Transport, Ltd.
Fate:	Sold, 1947
Norway
Name:	Surna
Owner:	Skibs A/S
Operator:	Gorrissen & Co. (1947-1958) Torvald Klaveness Rederi A/S (1958-1959)
Status:	Sold, 1959
Liberia
Name:	Maringa
Owner:	Namdal Shipping & Trading Co.
Operator:	Carl Aune & Cia
Fate:	Sold, 1960
Brazil
Name:	Maringa
Owner:	Companhia Nav.e Comercio Pan-Americana
Fate:	Sank off Brazil, 16 June 1969
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

Negley D. Cochran was laid down on 19 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2492, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Abraham Hurwitz, the wife of the editor of the Jacksonville Journal, and was launched on 29 August 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Smith & Johnson Co., on 10 September 1944. She was sold for commercial use, 6 February 1946, to States Marine Corp., for $558,923.86. After several owner and name changes, on 16 June 1969, named Maringa, she sank off of Brazil at 11°30′S 37°15′W.[4][5]

References

1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
2. MARCOM.
3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
4. MARAD.
5. Wrecksite.

Bibliography

• "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
• Maritime Administration. "Negley D. Cochran". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 29 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "SS Negley D. Cochran". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
• "Negley D. Cochran USS (1944~1947) Maringa SS (+1969)". 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2020.