SS Mary Cassatt

	Odessa in May 2003
History
United States
Name	Mary Cassatt
Namesake	Mary Cassatt
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corp
Way number	1553
Laid down	17 April 1943
Launched	16 May 1943
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy, 1943
History
Soviet Union
Name	Odessa
Commissioned	1943
Decommissioned	2000s
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	Liberty ship
Displacement	14,245 long tons (14,474 t)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a; 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p; 427 ft (130 m) w/l;
Beam	57 ft (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers; Triple-expansion steam engine; 2,500 hp (1,900 kW); Single screw;
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range	20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Capacity	10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)
Crew	81
Armament	Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns

NameMary Cassatt

NamesakeMary Cassatt

BuilderCalifornia Shipbuilding Corp

Way number1553

SS Mary Cassatt was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Mary Cassatt, an American painter and printmaker.

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v t e Mary Cassatt
Paintings	List of works Little Girl in a Blue Armchair (1878) Lilacs in a Window (1879) Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge (1879) The Tea (1879–1880) Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly (1880) In the Loge (1880) The Cup of Tea (1880–81) A Woman and a Girl Driving (1881) Lady at the Tea Table (1883–1885) Girl Arranging Her Hair (1886) The Boating Party (1893) The Child's Bath (1893) Mother and Child (1898) Young Mother Sewing (1900) Woman with a Sunflower (1905)
Prints	Gardner (Cassatt) Held by His Mother (c. 1889) The Coiffure (1890–1891)
Related	Alexander Cassatt (brother) SS Mary Cassatt

SS Mary Cassatt

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Odessa in May 2003




United States
Name	Mary Cassatt
Namesake	Mary Cassatt
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corp
Way number	1553
Laid down	17 April 1943
Launched	16 May 1943
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Navy, 1943



History

Soviet Union
Name	Odessa
Commissioned	1943
Decommissioned	2000s
Fate	Unknown


General characteristics
Class & type	Liberty ship
Displacement	14,245 long tons (14,474 t)^[1]
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p 427 ft (130 m) w/l^[1]
Beam	57 ft (17 m)^[1]
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)^[1]
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers Triple-expansion steam engine 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) Single screw
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)^[1]
Range	20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Capacity	10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)^[1]
Crew	81^[1]
Armament	Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns