SS Mary Cassatt
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SS Mary Cassatt was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Mary Cassatt, an American painter and printmaker.
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Odessa in May 2003 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Mary Cassatt |
Namesake | Mary Cassatt |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Corp |
Way number | 1553 |
Laid down | 17 April 1943 |
Launched | 16 May 1943 |
Fate | Transferred to Soviet Navy, 1943 |
History | |
Soviet Union | |
Name | Odessa |
Commissioned | 1943 |
Decommissioned | 2000s |
Fate | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Liberty ship |
Displacement | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1] |
Length | |
Beam | 57 ft (17 m)[1] |
Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1] |
Propulsion |
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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 |
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