SS J. H. Drummond
World War II Liberty ship of the United States
| History |
United States |
Name | J. H. Drummond |
Namesake | James Hubert Drummond |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | American Export Lines, Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2309 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,017,951 |
Yard number | 50 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 19 May 1944 |
Launched | 22 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Grace Edith Drummond |
Completed | 15 July 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | |
Netherlands |
Name | Hugo de Groot |
Namesake | Hugo de Groot |
Owner | Netherlands |
Operator | Nederland N.V. Stoomv. Maats, Amsterdam (1947–1950) |
Acquired | 27 November 1946 |
Fate | Sold, 1950 |
Netherlands |
Name | Amstelpark |
Namesake | Amstelpark |
Owner | Amsterdam N.V. Reederij, Amsterdam |
Acquired | 1950 |
Fate | Sold, 1960 |
Liberia Panama |
Name | Severn River |
Namesake | River Severn |
Owner | International Navigation Corp. |
Operator | Wm. H. Muller, London |
Acquired | 1960 |
Fate | Sold, 1965 |
Notes | Reflagged for Panama, 1961 |
Panama |
Name | Angelic |
Owner | Cia. Eleosa Nav |
Operator | Kronos Shipping Co., London |
Acquired | 1950 |
Fate | |
General characteristics |
Class and type | |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | |
Length |
- 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
- 416 feet (127 m) pp
- 427 feet (130 m) lwl
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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)
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 11.5 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)
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Complement | |
Armament | |
SS J. H. Drummond was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James Hubert Drummond, the former mayor of St. Andrews, Florida, now part of Panama City, Florida.
Construction
J. H. Drummond was laid down on 25 May 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2309, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was sponsored by Grace Edith Drummond, the widow of the namesake, and launched on 30 June 1944.
History
She was allocated to American Export Lines, Inc., on 20 July 1944. On 23 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Hudson River Group. On 25 July 1947, she was sold to the Netherlands, for commercial use. She was renamed Hugo de Groot and sailed under a Dutch flag until 1960, when she was sold to International Navigation Corp., and reflagged for Liberia, and renamed Severn River. On 25 July 1966, after having been sold to Cia Eleosa Nav., and reflagged for Panama, and renamed Angelic, she ran aground off Nojima Saki, Chiba, Japan, in fog. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss (CTL) and later scrapped at Yokosuka, Japan.
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