SS Cassius Hudson

History
United States
Name:	Cassius Hudson
Namesake:	Cassius Hudson
Ordered:	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2373
Builder:	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost:	$1,032,241
Yard number:	158
Way number:	6
Laid down:	22 July 1944
Launched:	31 August 1944
Sponsored by:	Miss Frances Hudson
Completed:	14 September 1944
Identification:	Call Signal: KSMS
Fate:	Struck a mine off Gibraltar, 16 October 1946
Status:	Sold for scrapping, 20 February 1948
General characteristics
Class & type:	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage:	7,176 gross register tons (GRT)
Displacement:	14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:	441 ft 6 in (135 m)
Beam:	56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m)
Draft:	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power:	2 × Oil fired boilers 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × oil-fired boilers 1 × triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) (manufactured by Hamilton Engineering Works, Brunswick, Georgia) 1 × screw propeller
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
Capacity:	10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Complement:	41
Armament:	Stern-mounted 4"/50 caliber (102 mm) gun for use against surfaced submarines variety of anti-aircraft guns

SS Cassius Hudson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Cassius Hudson, a Farm Demonstration Agent for the North Carolina Extension Service and developer of 4-H Youth Development programs.

Construction

Cassius Hudson was laid down on 22 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2373, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Miss Frances Hudson, and launched on 31 August 1944.

History

She was allocated to the Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc., on 14 September 1944. On 16 October 1945, she struck a mine off Gibraltar, but managed to sail to Trieste, Italy. On 20 February 1948, she was sold, along with 39 other vessels, including her sister ships SS Isaac Shelby and SS Niels Poulson, for $520,000, to Venturi Salvaggi Ricuperi Imprese Marittime Societa per Azioni, Genoa.