SS Harvey Cushing was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harvey Cushing, an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease.
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Name | Harvey Cushing |
Namesake | Harvey Cushing |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Marine Transport Lines, Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1210 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
Cost | $1,455,316[2] |
Yard number | 18 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 5 September 1943 |
Launched | 31 October 1943 |
Sponsored by | Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney |
Completed | 11 November 1943 |
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Italy | |
Name | Eretteo |
Owner | Fratelli d'Amico |
Operator | A.F. Klaveness & Co. |
Fate | Grounded, 20 September 1965, refloated and scrapped |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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Construction
editHarvey Cushing was laid down on 5 September 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1210, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, the daughter of the namesake, and was launched on 31 October 1943.[1][2]
History
editShe was allocated to Marine Transport Lines, Inc., on 11 November 1943. On 30 August 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for commercial use, 9 December 1946, to the government of Italy, for $544,506. She was removed from the fleet on 25 February 1947. Harvey Cushing was renamed Eretteo and reflagged in Italy. On 20 September 1965, she ran aground on Sakhalin Island, and broke in two. She was refloated by the Soviet Union and towed to Sovetskaya Gavan, where she was most likely scrapped.[4]
References
editBibliography
edit- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- Maritime Administration. "Harvey Cushing". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- "SS Harvey Cushing". Retrieved 31 December 2019.