SS Robert Mills

SS Robert Mills was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Robert Mills, a South Carolina architect known for designing both the first Washington Monument, located in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the better known Washington Monument in the nation's capital, Washington, DC.

History
United States
Name: Robert Mills
Namesake: Robert Mills
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2498
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $964,345[2]
Yard number: 62
Way number: 2
Laid down: 30 August 1944
Launched: 5 October 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. Cecil L. McCall
Completed: 14 October 1944
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 16 October 1948
Status: Sold for artificial reef program, 21 May 1975, withdrawn from fleet, 28 May 1975
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

Robert Mills was laid down on 30 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2498, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Cecil L. McCall, the wife of St. Johns River SBC's leaderman, and was launched on 5 October 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc., on 14 October 1944. On 21 October 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was transferred for use as an artificial reef, 21 May 1975, to the state of Alabama. She was removed from the fleet, 28 May 1975. She was sunk 24 October 1975, at 30°04′6″N 88°06′45″W.[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 30 January 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Robert Mills". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 30 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Robert Mills". Retrieved 30 January 2020.


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