SS Grant Wood

SS Grant Wood was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Grant Wood, an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic.

History
United States
Name: Grant Wood
Namesake: Grant Wood
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: American Export Lines, Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1208
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,601,410[2]
Yard number: 16
Way number: 4
Laid down: 6 August 1943
Launched: 14 October 1943
Sponsored by: Mrs. Joseph W. Shands
Completed: 26 October 1943
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the, James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 15 June 1946
Status: Sold for commercial use, 4 March 1947, removed from fleet, 12 March 1947
Italy
Name: Prsolina
Namesake: Prsolina
Owner:
  • Societa M. Bottiglieri (1947–1948)
  • Vincenzo Bottiglieri (1948–1949)
  • Michele Bottiglieri (1949–1951)
  • Giovanni Bottiglieri (1951–1970)
Status: Sold for Scrapping, 1970
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
Length:
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
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)
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)
Complement:
Armament:

Construction

Grant Wood was laid down on 6 August 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1208, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Joseph W. Shands, of Jacksonville, and was launched on 14 October 1943.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to American Export Lines, Inc., on 26 October 1943. On 15 June 1946, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. She was sold for commercial use, 4 March 1947, to the government of Italy, for $544,506. She was removed from the fleet on 12 March 1947. Grant Wood was renamed Prsolina and reflagged in Italy.[4]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  • Maritime Administration. "Grant Wood". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 31 December 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Grant Wood". Retrieved 31 December 2019.


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