History
United States
Name	Samleyte
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2355
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$1,051,651[1]
Yard number	140
Way number	6
Laid down	7 March 1944
Launched	20 April 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Palmer Hoyt
Completed	29 April 1944
Fate	Transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport upon completion.
United Kingdom
Name	Samleyte
Acquired	29 April 1944
Identification	Call Signal: GSXC [1]
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia, 4 November 1947 Sold for scrapping, 17 July 1959
General characteristics [2]
Class and 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 Filer and Stowell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 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 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Samleyte was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was transferred to the British Ministry of War Transportation (MoWT) upon completion.

Construction

Samleyte was laid down on 7 March 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2355, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. Palmer Hoyt, and launched on 20 April 1944.^[3][1]

History

She was turned over to the British Ministry of War Transport, on 29 April 1944. On 4 November 1947, she was laid up in the US National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia. While there, she was used for experimenting the use of cathodic protection (CP) as a preservation method. She was sold to Bethlehem Steel Company, on 17 July 1959, and removed from the fleet on 21 July 1959.^[4][5]

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