SS Samuel Ashe

History
United States
Name	Samuel Ashe
Namesake	Samuel Ashe
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	American South African Line, Inc.
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 164
Builder	North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Cost	$861,000
Yard number	20
Way number	2
Laid down	12 July 1942
Launched	17 September 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Shirley Jean Beasley
Completed	16 October 1943
Identification	Call sign: KFOP; ;
Fate	Laid up in the, James River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 6 January 1948; Laid up in the, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 23 May 1953; Sold for scrapping, 27 May 1968, withdrawn from fleet, 30 June 1969;
General characteristics
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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio); 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;

NameSamuel Ashe

NamesakeSamuel Ashe

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorAmerican South African Line, Inc.

SS Samuel Ashe was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Samuel Ashe the ninth Governor of the US state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. He was also one of the first three judges of the North Carolina Superior Court in 1787.

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v t e MARCOM ships built by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, during World War II
Type EC2-S-C1 ships Liberty Ships	Zebulon B. Vance Nathaniel Greene Virginia Dare William Hooper Daniel Morgan Francis Marion Charles C. Pinckney John Cropper William Moultrie Thomas Sumter Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Artemus Ward Hugh Williamson William R. Davie William Gaston William A. Graham James K. Polk Alexander Martin Richard D. Spaight Samuel Ashe Benjamin Williams James Turner Nathaniel Alexander David Stone Benjamin Smith Joseph Hewes John Penn John C. Calhoun Edward Rutledge Abel Parker Upshur William Hawkins Thomas Pinckney Roger Williams John Drayton James B. Richardson Paul Hamilton Henry Middleton Collis P. Huntington Cornelius Harnett Henry Bacon Abner Nash Joseph Alston Paul Hamilton Hayne Marshall Elliott James Iredell Penelope Barker Alexander Lillington Richard Caswell Pocahontas Betty Zane James J. Pettigrew Daniel H Hill George Davis Walter Raleigh John Harvey Robert Howe Nathaniel Macon John Wright Stanly Francis Nash Ephraim Brevard George E. Badger Flora MacDonald James Sprunt Matt W. Ransom Furnifield M. Simmons Edward B. Dudley Willie Jones James Moore Alfred Moore Woodrow Wilson William D. Pender William D Moseley David L Swain Jonathan Worth Matthew T. Goldsboro Elisha Mitchell Christopher Gale William L. Davidson Walker Taylor Roger Moore Robert Rowan Thomas W. Bickett Horace Williams Jose Bonifacio Thomas L. Clingman David Caldwell Waigstill Avery Cornelia P. Spencer Walter Hines Page Joseph A. Brown Robert F. Hoke Sallie S. Cotton John Owen Philip Doddridge John Grier Hibben Kemp P. Battle Robert Dale Owen John P. Mitchell Charles D. McIver John M Morehead Hannis Taylor Edward Richardson William T. Barry Lee S. Overman Thomas J. Jarvis Joseph LeConte Arthur Dobbs John Lawson Hilary A. Herbert Hutchinson I. Cone Lawrence D. Tyson David F. Houston John Merrick Charles A. Dana Clement Clay Thomas W Owen Richmond P. Hobson Chatham C. Lyon James I. McKay John N. Maffitt George Durant Augustus S. Merrimon Montfort Stokes Thomas Pollock John Branch
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United States
Name	Samuel Ashe
Namesake	Samuel Ashe
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	American South African Line, Inc.
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 164
Builder	North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina^[1]
Cost	$861,000
Yard number	20
Way number	2
Laid down	12 July 1942
Launched	17 September 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Shirley Jean Beasley
Completed	16 October 1943
Identification	Call sign: KFOP ^[2]
Fate	Laid up in the, James River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 6 January 1948 Laid up in the, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 23 May 1953 Sold for scrapping, 27 May 1968, withdrawn from fleet, 30 June 1969


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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 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