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HELLAS
LIBERTY
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Classificazione |
Classification | ||||||||||
Bandiera | Flag | Grecia - Greece | |||||||||
Armatore | Owner | Hellenic Maritime Museum | |||||||||
Varo | Launched | 07.12.1943 | |||||||||
Consegnata |
Delivered | 12.1943 | |||||||||
Cantiere navale | Shipyard | St. John's River Shipbuilding - Jacksonville - Fl -U.S.A. | |||||||||
Costruzione n. | Yard number | 23 | |||||||||
Tipo di scafo | Hull type | scafo singolo - single hull | |||||||||
Materiale dello scafo | Hull material | acciaio - steel | |||||||||
Nominativo Internazionale | Call Sign | K V D D - | |||||||||
I.M.O. International Maritime Organization | 5025706 | ||||||||||
M.M.S.I.
Maritime Mobile Service Identify |
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Compartimento Marittimo | Port of Registry | Piraeus | |||||||||
Stazza Lorda | Gross Tonnage | 7.240 Tons | |||||||||
Stazza Netta | Net Tonnage | 4,464 Tons | |||||||||
Portata
(estiva) |
DWT (summer) | 10.865 Tonn | |||||||||
Lunghezza max | L.o.a. | 128,69 m | |||||||||
Lunghezza tra le PP | L. between Pp | 126,80 m | |||||||||
Larghezza max | Breadth max | 17,37 m | |||||||||
Altezza di costruzione | Depth | 10,61 m | |||||||||
Bordo libero | Freeboard | ||||||||||
Pescaggio max | Draught max | 8,50 m | |||||||||
Motore
principale |
Main engine | 2
- caldaie a vapore con combustibile ad olio oil-fired boilers triple-expansion steam engine. |
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Potenza Motori | Engine power | 1.864 kw | |||||||||
Velocità
massima |
Max speed | 11,5 kn | |||||||||
Eliche
di propulsione |
Propellers | 1 - passo fisso/fixed pitch | |||||||||
Bunker | Bunker | ||||||||||
Stive | Holds | 4 | |||||||||
Larghezza boccaporto | Hatch | 4 | |||||||||
Volume stive | Cargo capacity | ||||||||||
Mezzi di carico | Cargo gear | 10 - derricks | |||||||||
Zavorra | Ballast | ||||||||||
Inserita | Posted |
25.08.2011
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Aggiornata al | Last updated |
25.08.2011
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INFORMAZIONI
STORICHE
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HYSTORYCAL
INFO
In the period 1941-1945 the 2751 Liberty ships were built in the USA for the war needs in a series production line. As America entered the war, the shipbuilding yards employed women to replace men who were enlisting in the armed forces. Following the end of the war, the approximately 2400 remaining Liberties were sold with favourable terms to the Allies, amongst them Greeks. In 1946/47 Greeks were given the opportunity to purchase 100 ships for the price of $650.000 each i.e. 25% down payment and the remaining balance in 17 years with a low interest rate guaranteed by the Greek Government. These arrangements triggered the outstanding post war Greek Shipping expansion.The legendary symbol of the rebirth of the Greek Shipping Liberty ship (originally named Arthur Huddell and now re-named Hellas Liberty) was donated by the USA Government to the Greek Government, following the lengthy efforts made by a team of ship-owners headed by Spyros Polemis and mainly the ever memorable Captain Vassilis Constantacopoulos who also financed the largest portion of the necessary extensive repairs. The Greek American Senators Leonidas Raptakis, Dimitris Giannaros plus several other personalities and organisations supported the Greek delegations efforts which fruitfully ended in 2008 when the vessel was towed across the Atlantic from Norfolk, Virginia to its present home in Greece.
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