SS Richard Bassett

NameRichard Bassett

NamesakeRichard Bassett

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorA. H. Bull Steamship Company

History
United States
Name	Richard Bassett
Namesake	Richard Bassett
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	A. H. Bull Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 41
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost	$1,056,089[2]
Yard number	2028
Way number	3
Laid down	18 March 1942
Launched	22 May 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. J.F. McInnis
Completed	13 June 1942
Identification	Call sign: KFOG [2]
Fate	Sold for commercial use, 26 March 1947
United States
Name	Carolyn
Owner	Baltimore Insular Line
Operator	A.H. Bull & Co., Inc.
Fate	Exchanged to Maritime Administration (MARAD), 29 August 1961
United States
Name	Carolyn
Owner	Maritime Administration
Fate	Laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 15 October 1948 Sold for scrapping, 29 October 1962
General characteristics [3]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
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	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 1 × screw propeller
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	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Richard Bassett was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Richard Bassett, a Delaware attorney and politician, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, signer of the United States Constitution, United States Senator from Delaware, Chief Justice of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas, Governor of Delaware and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit. He holds the overall seniority position of #1 in the history of the United States Senate.