SS Clifford D. Mallory

	Liberty Ship SS Clifford D. Mallory, 11 April 1943
History
United States
Name	Clifford D. Mallory
Namesake	Clifford D. Mallory
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Marine Transport Lines, Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 952
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,063,757
Yard number	2102
Way number	6
Laid down	30 January 1943
Launched	11 March 1943
Completed	26 March 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKNI; ;
Fate	Laid up in reserve fleet, 1 June 1948, converted for USN use, 1 June 1955
United States
Name	Clifford D. Mallory
Builder	Mississippi Shipping Co., Mobile, Alabama
Reclassified	Hull symbol: YAG-49; type EC2-S-22a;
Fate	Returned to reserve fleet, 17 January 1956, sold for scrapping, 28 October 1971
Notes	USN never acquired the converted ship
General characteristics
Class & 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 Ellicott Machine Corp., Baltimore, Maryland); 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-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun; Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun; 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,; 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns;

SS Clifford D. Mallory was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Clifford D. Mallory, a vice president of the Mallory and Clyde Lines, a Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation officer, and founder of C.D. Mallory & Co.

Construction

Clifford D. Mallory was laid down on 30 January 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 952, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 11 March 1943.^[1]^[2]

History

She was allocated to the Marine Transport Lines, Inc., on 26 March 1943.^[4]

On 1 June 1948, she was first laid up in the Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Alabama.

Conversion to minesweeper

On 1 June 1955, she was withdrawn from the reserve fleet and transported to the Mississippi Shipping Co., in Mobile, for conversion to a minesweeper. The conversion included installing equipment for remote control propulsion, adding a 1,000 U.S. gal/min (0.063 m³/s) ballesting pump, and changing buoyant material in all five holds. She had been assigned the new classification of YAG, Auxiliary Service Craft, Miscellaneous, and the hull number 49, but after conversion she was not acquired by the USN and was placed back into the Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, 17 January 1956.^[5]^[4]

Fate

On 28 October 1971, she was sold, along with 13 other ships, for $513,800, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for scrapping. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 16 December 1971.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c MARCOM.
^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
^ ^a ^b ^c MARAD.
^ Sawyer & Mitchell 1985, p. 43.

Bibliography

"Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
Maritime Administration. "Clifford D. Mallory". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
"SS Clifford D. Mallory". Retrieved 4 August 2025.
Sawyer, L.A.; Mitchell, W.H. (1985). The Liberty Ships. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Great Britain: St. Edmundsbury Press Ltd. ISBN 1850440492.