SS Robert Treat Paine

History
United States
Name	Robert Treat Paine
Namesake	Robert Treat Paine
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Agwilines Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 32
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,142,364
Yard number	2019
Way number	6
Laid down	6 January 1942
Launched	28 March 1942
Completed	5 May 1942
Identification	Call sign: KETK
Fate	Sold to France, 10 January 1947
France
Name	Dieppe
Namesake	Dieppe
Owner	France
Operator	Cie. Generale Transatlantique
Fate	Sold, 1954
Liberia
Name	Brother George
Owner	Garraway S.A
Operator	Wigham Richardson & Co
Fate	Scrapped following grounding 1964
General characteristics
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 Robert Treat Paine was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Robert Treat Paine, an American lawyer, politician, and Founding Father best known as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts. He served as the state's first attorney general, and served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the state's highest court.

Construction

Robert Treat Paine was laid down on 6 January 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 32, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 28 March 1942.

History

She was allocated to Agwilines Inc., on 5 May 1942. On 10 January 1947, she was sold to for commercial use to France, for $544,506, and renamed Dieppe. In 1954, she was sold and renamed Brother George. In 1964, she was grounded off the Isle of Wight, and scrapped in the Netherlands, the same year.

Bibliography

• "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
• Maritime Administration. "Robert Treat Paine". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
• "SS Robert Treat Paine". Retrieved 21 February 2020.