SS A. B. Hammond

History
United States
Name:	SS A. B. Hammond
Builder:	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles
Yard number:	2558
Completed:	February 1944
Fate:	Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship
Displacement:	14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1]
Length:	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p 427 ft (130 m) w/l[1]
Beam:	57 ft (17 m)[1]
Draft:	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1]
Propulsion:	Two oil-fired boilers Triple-expansion steam engine 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) Single screw
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1]
Range:	20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Capacity:	10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1]
Crew:	81[1]
Armament:	Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS A. B. Hammond was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in February 1944 to the War Shipping Administration (WSA).^[2]

It was scrapped in 1963 following grounding damage.^[3]

Names and flags

• 1947 – Renamed "MARIO II" by Constantine Koniadlidis, Montevideo – Uruguay flag
• 1948 – Renamed "ENSENADA" Cia de Nav, Ensenada, Panama (S. G. Embiricos, London)
• 1959 – Renamed "CESTOS" Zenith Transportation Corporation, Liberia (Fratelli Delfino, Genoa)
• 1961 – Renamed "NICOLAOS TSAVLIRIS" Nigean Shipping Company, Panama – Greek flag (Tsavliris Maritime Company, Piraeus)
• 1963 – Scrapped – Turkey after grounding damage at Kilyos, Black Sea.

References

1. Davies, James (2012). "Liberty Cargo Ships" (PDF). ww2ships.com. p. 23. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
2. "Liberty ships built by California Shipbuilding, Terminal Island, CA". usmm.org. 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
3. "Liberty Ships – A". mariners-l.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.