SS James H. Courts

SS James H. Courts was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James H. Courts, a Merchant seaman killed on the cargo ship SS Expositor, 22 February 1943, when she was struck by a torpedo from German submarine U-606.[4]

History
United States
Name: James H. Courts
Namesake: James H. Courts
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2516
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,002,548[2]
Yard number: 80
Way number: 2
Laid down: 12 December 1944
Launched: 21 January 1945
Sponsored by: Mrs. A.H. Laney
Completed: 31 January 1945
Fate: Transferred to Greece, 31 January 1945
Greece
Name:
  • Niki (1945-1949)
  • Hadiotis
Owner: Kassos Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.
Operator: Rethymnis & Kulukundis
Fate: Sold, 1965
Greece
Name: Achilles
Owner: Cia. Nav. Tierra del Fuego
Operator: Counties Shipping, Ltd.
Fate: Grounded, 21 November 1965
Status: Declared Constructive total loss, scrapped, 1966
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

James H. Courts was laid down on 12 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2516, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. A.H. Laney, the wife of the superintendent of the warehouse at St.Johns River SBC, and she was launched on 21 January 1945.[1][2]

History

She was transferred to Greece, under the Lend-Lease program, on 31 January 1945. She was sold for commercial use, 18 December 1946, to Kassos Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., for $575,339.53.[5]

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

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "James H. Courts". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • "SS James H. Courts". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  • "SS Expositor". www.Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2020.


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