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SS Thomas Cresap

History
United States
NameThomas Cresap
NamesakeThomas Cresap
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorIsthmian Steamship Co.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 948
Awarded30 January 1942
BuilderBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost$1,068,984[2]
Yard number2098
Way number2
Laid down17 January 1943
Launched1 March 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Logan Cresap
Completed16 March 1943
Identification
FateLaid up in reserve fleet, 2 May 1950, sold, 16 January 1951
United States
NameSunion
OwnerKea SS Corp.
OperatorAdmanthos Ship Operating Co.
FateSold, May 1957
LiberiaLiberia
Name
  • Sunion (1957–1960)
  • Zermatt (1960–1962)
OwnerKifissia Shipping Corp.
OperatorAdmanthos Ship Operating Co.
FateSold, 1962
GreeceGreece
NameEpiros
OwnerAuroraship Co. Ltd.
OperatorAuror Shipping Agency
FateSold, 1966
LiberiaLiberia
Name
  • Tassia J. (1966–1967)
  • PACTRADER (1967–1968)
OwnerPacific Coast Shipping Co.
OperatorLasco Shipping Co
FateScrapped, 1968
General characteristics [3]
Class & type
Tonnage
Displacement
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement
Armament

SS Thomas Cresap was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Thomas Cresap, was an English-born settler and trader in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Cresap served Lord Baltimore as an agent in the Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary dispute that became known as Cresap's War. Improved a Native American path to the Ohio Valley with the Native American chief Nemacolin. After settling and became a large landowner near Cumberland, Maryland, he was involved in further disputes near Brownsville, Pennsylvania, including the French and Indian War and Lord Dunmore's War.

Construction

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Thomas Cresap was laid down on 17 January 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 948, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Logan Cresap, and launched on 1 March 1943.[1][2]

History

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She was allocated to the Isthmian Steamship Co., on 16 March 1943.[4]

On 2 May 1950, she was laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. On 16 January 1951, she was sold to Kea SS Corp., and renamed Sunion.[4] In 1959, she was lengthened to 511.5 ft (155.9 m) (8,578 grt (24,290 m3)), in Tokyo. She was sold in May 1957, and reflagged in Liberia. In 1960, she was renamed Zermatt, in 1962, Epiros, in 1966, Tassia J., and in 1967, Pactrader. She was scrapped in Sakaide, Japan, in December 1968.[5]

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