| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Thaddeus Kosciuszko |
| Namesake | Thaddeus Kosciuszko |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Grace Line Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 926 |
| Awarded | 30 January 1942 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,065,258[2] |
| Yard number | 2076 |
| Way number | 16 |
| Laid down | 2 November 1942 |
| Launched | 28 November 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. George P. Welzant |
| Completed | 12 December 1942 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Sold, 1947, wrecked 1962 |
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| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who fought on the US side in the American Revolutionary War.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko was laid down on 2 November 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 926, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. George P. Welzant, and was launched on 28 November 1942.[1][2]
She was allocated to Grace Line Inc., on 15 December 1942.[4]
On 9 April 1947, she was purchased by Baltimor Insular Line, and renamed Marina. In December 1954, she was sold and reflagged in Liberia. She was wrecked and repaired in 1956, then wrecked and abandoned in 1962.[4][1]
