SS Cassimir

History
United States
Name	Cassimir
Owner	United States Shipping Board (1920) American Fuel & Transport Company (1920) United States Shipping Board (1921–1922) Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (1922–1923) Cuban Distilling Company (1923–1942)
Builder	American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Philadelphia
Yard number	1531[1]
Launched	May 1920
Completed	1920
Homeport	Baltimore, Maryland
Identification	US Official Number 220574[1] code letters: MBKD[2]
Fate	Sunk in collision, 26 February 1942
General characteristics
Type	Design 1022 cargo ship
Tonnage	5,030 GRT[2] 3,105 NRT[2] 7,500 DWT[3]
Length	390.0 ft (118.9 m)
Beam	54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Depth	27.8 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power	Oil-fired steam turbines,[3] 2500 ihp[4]
Propulsion	Single screw
Speed	11.5 knots[4]
Range	9,000 miles[5]
Capacity	344,963 gallons

SS Cassimir was a Design 1022 cargo ship built for the United States Shipping Board immediately after World War I.

She was laid down at yard number 1531 at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shipyard of the American International Shipbuilding Corporation, one of 110 Design 1022 cargo ships built for the United States Shipping Board.^[3] She was completed in 1920 and named Cassimir.^[1][4] In 1920, she was purchased by the American Fuel & Transportation Company^[1] and converted into a tanker by the Globe Shipbuilding Company in Baltimore^[6] with a 344,963 gallon capacity.^[5] In 1921, she was returned to the USSB.^[1] In 1922, she was purchased by the Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works (Baltimore, Maryland).^[1] In 1923, she was purchased by the Cuban Distilling Company ^[1] where she was utilized to transport blackstrap molasses, a byproduct of sugar refining, to the United States where it would be used to produce cattle feed, vinegar and denatured alcohol.

On February 26, 1942, she collided with the U.S. freighter SS Lara and sank southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina (33°28′N 77°34′W / 33.467°N 77.567°W / 33.467; -77.567).^[7]

• "1930-1931 Cassimir" (PDF). Lloyd's Register of Ships. 1930.

• McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships, p. 588" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
• Marine Review (1921). "1920 Construction Record of U.S. Yards -Cassimir". The Marine Review. 51 (February). New York: 17 and 97. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

• EFC Design 1022: Illustrations

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