HMS Empire Spearhead

HMS Empire Spearhead, 12 October 1945
History
Name	SS Cape Girardeau (1943–44) SS Empire Spearhead (1944) HMS Empire Spearhead (1944–45) HMS Ormonde (1945–46) SS Empire Spearhead (1946–47) SS Cape Girardeau (1947–50) SS Empire Spearhead (1950–66)
Owner	War Shipping Administration (1943–44) Royal Navy (1944–46) War Shipping Administration (1946–47) United States Maritime Commission (1947–66)
Operator	Royal Mail Lines Ltd (1944) Royal Navy (1944–46) Ministry of Transport (1946–47) United States Maritime Commission (1947–66)
Port of registry	London (1944) Royal Navy (1944–46) London (1946–47) United States (1947–66)
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation
Yard number	354
Launched	7 November 1943
Completed	January 1944
Out of service	1950–66
Identification	Code Letters MYMB (1944–45, 1946–47) United Kingdom Official Number 169773 (1944, 1946–47) Pennant Number F172 (1944–46)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Type C1-S-AY-1 cargo ship
Tonnage	7,177 GRT 4,823 NRT
Length	396 ft 5 in (120.83 m)
Beam	60 ft 1 in (18.31 m)
Depth	35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Installed power	Two steam turbines
Propulsion	Screw propeller

HMS Empire Spearhead was a Type C1-S-AY-1 Infantry Landing Ship (LSI) chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) during World War II. She was built by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California. She was launched as Cape Girardeau and completed as Empire Spearhead. In 1945, she was transferred to the Royal Navy and was later renamed HMS Ormonde. Later that year she was transferred back to the MoWT and renamed Empire Spearhead. In 1947, she was transferred to the United States Maritime Commission and renamed Cape Girardeau. The ship was laid up in 1950 and renamed Empire Spearhead. She was scrapped in 1966.