Type C4-class ship

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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.

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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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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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