USAT J. W. McAndrew

History
Name: SS Deltargentino[1][2]
Operator: Mississippi Shipping Company
Builder: Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Baltimore County, Maryland
Laid down: 21 December 1939
Launched: 13 July 1940
Acquired: 8 November 1940
Fate: Requisitioned by the United States Army, 28 June 1941
Name: USAT J. W. McAndrew
Acquired: 28 June 1941
Fate: Sold into commercial service, 22 December 1948
 
Name: SS African Enterprise
Operator: Farrell Lines
In service: 1949
Out of service: 1960
Fate:
General characteristics [3]
Displacement:
  • 6,590 long tons (6,696 t) light
  • 14,247 long tons (14,476 t) full load
Length:
  • 491 ft (150 m) o/a
  • 465 ft (142 m) p/p
Beam: 65 ft (20 m)
Draft: 25 ft 7 in (7.80 m) maximum
Propulsion: 1 × 7,800 hp (5,816 kW) General Electric turbine, 1 screw
Speed: 17.8 knots (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph)
Armament:

USAT J. W. McAndrew was a Type C3-P&C troop ship for the United States Army during World War II.

The ship was built by the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard of Baltimore in 1940 as SS Deltargentino for the United States Maritime Commission on behalf of the Mississippi Shipping Company in 1940 for operation by its Delta Line. The ship was delivered to Mississippi Shipping in November 1940.

Deltargentino was among the ships designated for Army among the twenty-eight merchant vessels (twenty-one for the Navy and seven to the Army) requisitioned by the Maritime Commission's Division of Emergency Shipping announced on 4 June 1941.[4] The ship would have been transferred to the Navy and named USS J. W. McAndrew (AP-47) in 1943, but this was cancelled.[3] While serving as a U.S. Army transport ship in 1945, she collided with French aircraft carrier Béarn resulting in the loss of several lives.[5] Afterward, the ship was repaired, and eventually sold in 1948 to the Farrell Lines for commercial use under the name SS African Enterprise.

The ship was laid up as part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in October 1960, and was finally sold by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on 9 April 1969. The ship was broken up in Baltimore in February 1972.

References

  1. ↑ Lloyd's Register: Deltargentino.
  2. ↑ Maritime Administration Ship History Deltargentino.
  3. 1 2 Stephen S. Roberts (4 September 2005). "J. W. McAndrew". shipscribe.com. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Pacific Marine Review (1941). "The Maritime Commission Now in Complete Control of Coastwise, Intercoastal and Overseas Shipping—Acquisition of Ships For Emergency". Consolidated 1941 issues (July 1941). 'Official Organ: Pacific American Steamship Association/Shipowners' Association of the Pacific Coast: 45. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Earl K. Olsen.

Bibliography

  • Colton, Tim. "C3 Cargo Ships". Shipbuildinghistory.com. Colton Company. Retrieved 11 July 2009. 
  • Colton, Tim. "Transports (AP, APA, APH, APV)". Shipbuildinghistory.com. Colton Company. Retrieved 11 July 2009. 
  • "J.W.McAndrew (5004154)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 11 July 2009. (subscription required (help)). 
  • Naval History And Heritage Command. "Earl K. Olsen". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History And Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 September 2014. 
  • Lloyds (1940–41). "Lloyd's Register" (PDF). Lloyd's Register (through PlimsollShipData). Retrieved 8 September 2014. 
  • Maritime Administration. "Deltargentino". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. 
  • Bryan, B.J. (2011). The ship that never was : a story of U.S. Armed Guard and the merchant ships of World War II. [S.l.]: Xlibris. ISBN 9781456877675. 


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