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The Type C4 class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II. The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM.

Eighty-one ships were built as cargo or troopships in four shipyards: Kaiser Richmond, CA (35 ships), Kaiser Vancouver, WA (20 ships), Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock in Chester PA (20 ships) and Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD (6 ships).

All ships were capable of 17 knots, driven by a single screw steam turbine generating 9,900 shp.

Among the variations of the design were the Haven class hospital ship.

They were followed post-war by thirty-seven of the larger C4-S-1 class, also known as the Mariner class.


Video Type C4-class ship


List of Type C4 class ships

General series

C4-S-A1 DWT: 14,863.

  • Built by Kaiser Shipyards at Permanente No. 3 in Richmond, California.
  • USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130)
  • USS General T. H. Bliss (AP-131)
  • USS General J. R. Brooke (AP-132)
  • USS General O. H. Ernst (AP-133)
  • USS General R. L. Howze (AP-134)
  • USS General W. M. Black (AP-135)
  • USS General H. L. Scott (AP-136)
  • USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137)
  • USS General C. G. Morton (AP-138)
  • USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139), later USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
  • USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140)
  • USS General A. W. Greely (AP-141)
  • USS General C. H. Muir (AP-142)
  • USS General H. B. Freeman (AP-143)
  • USS General H. F. Hodges (AP-144)
  • USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145), later USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10)
  • USS General W. F. Hase (AP-146)
  • USS General E. T. Collins (AP-147)
  • USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148)
  • USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149)
  • USS General M. M. Patrick (AP-150)
  • USS General W. C. Langfitt (AP-151)
  • USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152)
  • USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153)
  • USS General LeRoy Eltinge (AP-154)
  • USS General A. W. Brewster (AP-155)
  • USS General D. E. Aultman (AP-156)
  • USS General C. C. Ballou (AP-157)
  • USS General W. G. Haan (AP-158)
  • USS General Stuart Heintzelman (AP-159)

Marine series

C4-S-B1, C4-S-B2, C4-S-B5 DWT: 15,300

  • Built by Sun Yards of Chester, Pennsylvania.
  • SS Marine Eagle (acquired by the U.S. Army and renamed Private Leonard C. Brostrom)
  • USNS Marine Adder (T-AP-193)
  • SS Marine Angel
  • SS Marine Arrow
  • SS Marine Devil
  • SS Marine Dragon
  • USNS Marine Fiddler (T-AK-267)
  • SS Marine Flier
  • SS Marine Fox
  • SS Marine Panther
  • SS Marine Perch
  • SS Marine Raven
  • SS Marine Robin
  • SS Marine Runner
  • SS Marine Star
  • SS Marine Swallow
  • SS Marine Wolf
    • C4-S-A3 DWT: 14,863
  • Built by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington
  • SS Marine Cardinal
  • USNS Marine Carp (T-AP-199)
  • SS Marine Falcon
  • SS Marine Flasher
  • SS Marine Jumper
  • USNS Marine Lynx (T-AP-194)
  • SS Marine Marlin
  • USNS Marine Phoenix (T-AP-195)
  • SS Marine Tiger
  • SS Marine Shark
  • USNS Marine Serpent (T-AP-202)
    • C4-S-A4 DWT: 14,863
  • Built by Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, CA
  • SS Marine Snapper
  • SS Marine Leopard

Mount series

C4-S-A3 DWT: 14,863

  • Built by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington.
  • SS Mount Davis
  • SS Mount Greylock
  • SS Mount Mansfield
  • SS Mount Rogers
  • SS Mount Whitney

Named after a person

C4-S-A3 DWT: 14,863

  • Built by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington.
  • SS Scott E. Land
  • SS Willis Vickery
  • SS Louis McH. Howe
  • SS Ernie Pyle

Hospital ships

C4-S-B2 DWT: 15,300

  • Built by Sun Yards in Chester, Pennsylvania.
  • USS Haven (AH-12) (laid down as Marine Hawk)
  • USS Benevolence (AH-13) (laid down as Marine Lion)
  • USS Tranquility (AH-14) (laid down as Marine Dolphin)
  • USS Consolation (AH-15) (laid down as Marine Walrus)
  • USS Repose (AH-16) (laid down as Marine Beaver)
  • USS Sanctuary (AH-17) (laid down as Marine Owl)

"M" class ships

C4-S-49a DWT: 19,799 Four cargo/passenger liners were built for the Grace Line 1963-1964 by Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point ND.

  • SS Santa Magdelena
  • SS Santa Mariana
  • SS Santa Maria
  • SS Santa Mercedes (later renamed: TS Patriot State)

Jet class ships

C4-S-49b DWT: 13,915.

  • Built in 1965 by Bethlehem Steel of Sparrows Pt. MD. The last two C4 ships were constructed in 1966 for the Prudential Lines.
  • SS Prudential Seajet
  • SS Prudential Oceanjet

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Notable incidents

  • Marine Perch a C4-S-A3, was renamed the SS Yellowstone. The SS Yellowstone was in a collision with the Algerian Freighter M/V IBN Batoutaand and sank on 12 June 1978, 14 miles southeast of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean Sea in dense fog. Five crewmen on the Yellowstone were killed and two were injured, none on the Batoutaand. The bow of the Batoutaand struck deep into the Yellowstone.
  • Marine Lion a C4-S-B2, was renamed to USS Benevolence (AH-13), a hospital ship. On 25 August 1950 she sank after a in collision with the freighter SS Mary Luckenbach in heavy fog off San Francisco. Of the crew of 550, 23 were lost in the sinking.
  • USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152), built in 1944, was sold a few times and renamed SS Poet. In 1980 she went missing without a trace and is presumed sunk. her cargo was 13,500 tons of bulk corn that she loaded at Girard Point Terminal in South Philadelphia, she was to steam to Port Said in Egypt. There was a severe storm in the Atlantic Ocean at the time she vanished and she was low in the water with her heavy load.

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See also

  • Type C1 ship
  • Type C2 ship
  • Type C3 ship
  • T2 tanker
  • Liberty ship
  • Victory ship
  • Hog Islander
  • U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

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References

Notes and citations
Bibliography
  • American Merchant Marine at War - C4 ships
  • US Maritime Commission Details and Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Vessels, The C4 Cargo Ship, Conversions and Subdesigns
  • US Maritime Commission overview
  • US Maritime Commission - Technical Specifications for Ships including definitions of terms
  • From America to United States: The History of the long-range Merchant Shipbuilding Programme of the United States Maritime Commission, by L.A. Sawyer and W.H. Mitchell. London, 1981, World Ship Society
  • Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II, by Frederic C. Lane ISBN 0-8018-6752-5

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External links

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