SS Samuel Ashe

History
United States
Name	Samuel Ashe
Namesake	Samuel Ashe
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	American South African Line, Inc.
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 164
Builder	North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina[1]
Cost	$861,000
Yard number	20
Way number	2
Laid down	12 July 1942
Launched	17 September 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Shirley Jean Beasley
Completed	16 October 1943
Identification	Call sign: KFOP [2]
Fate	Laid up in the, James River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 6 January 1948 Laid up in the, Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 23 May 1953 Sold for scrapping, 27 May 1968, withdrawn from fleet, 30 June 1969
General characteristics [3]
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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 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 Samuel Ashe was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Samuel Ashe the ninth Governor of the US state of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. He was also one of the first three judges of the North Carolina Superior Court in 1787.