by JimRussell » Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:55 pm
Back at it!!
Researching the Maritime Commission's Liberty and Victory ships made me aware of a similar ship building effort that occurred during WWI, the "Hog Island" ships. Hog Island is a real place, located just outside Philadelphia PA and was the site of a shipyard set up by an entity of the US Government, the United States Shipping Board.
The intent of this yard was to reduce the shipping shortage caused by WWI. The yard produced two types, the Type A (1022) freighter and the Type B (1024) transport.
As happened with it's other major shipbuilding effort (the flush deck DD's), the USA's effort was more than a day late with 110 A's and 24 B's completed between 1918 and 1921.
These ships were designed for ease of fabrication and as a result had no sheer with vertical stems for both and a vertical stern for the transport. The ships were considered aesthetic failures but were functionally well regarded.
I wondered if any of these ships served the USN during WWII. It turns out that some freighters composed the Capella Class freighters (AK-13, 15, 16, 17) and two transports, Argonne AS-10 and Samaritan AH-10 served as well.
I chose to build the Samaritan AH-10, the collection needed a Hospital Ship and "white" will no doubt provide some challenges.
Samaritan was 10,700 tons, 448" LOA, 58" beam, 6,000 HP turbine which gave 15 knots.
Pic 1 to 3 shows a 1944, 1945 and 1946 fit of this ship. I will do the 1944 fit (as always) and will aim for a good deal of "grunge" befitting a 20+ year old riveted hull. Pic 4 shows the plans (first time in color) and the start of the hull.
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Back at it!!
Researching the Maritime Commission's Liberty and Victory ships made me aware of a similar ship building effort that occurred during WWI, the "Hog Island" ships. Hog Island is a real place, located just outside Philadelphia PA and was the site of a shipyard set up by an entity of the US Government, the United States Shipping Board.
The intent of this yard was to reduce the shipping shortage caused by WWI. The yard produced two types, the Type A (1022) freighter and the Type B (1024) transport.
As happened with it's other major shipbuilding effort (the flush deck DD's), the USA's effort was more than a day late with 110 A's and 24 B's completed between 1918 and 1921.
These ships were designed for ease of fabrication and as a result had no sheer with vertical stems for both and a vertical stern for the transport. The ships were considered aesthetic failures but were functionally well regarded.
I wondered if any of these ships served the USN during WWII. It turns out that some freighters composed the Capella Class freighters (AK-13, 15, 16, 17) and two transports, Argonne AS-10 and Samaritan AH-10 served as well.
I chose to build the Samaritan AH-10, the collection needed a Hospital Ship and "white" will no doubt provide some challenges.
Samaritan was 10,700 tons, 448" LOA, 58" beam, 6,000 HP turbine which gave 15 knots.
Pic 1 to 3 shows a 1944, 1945 and 1946 fit of this ship. I will do the 1944 fit (as always) and will aim for a good deal of "grunge" befitting a 20+ year old riveted hull. Pic 4 shows the plans (first time in color) and the start of the hull.