Type C5 ship#Conversions

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|Builders=* Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point, Maryland

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|Header caption= C5 class[http://www.sname.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=01436308-7579-4927-a9d7-38209501dfda SS Venore]

|Ship type=Dry bulk cargo ship

|Ship tonnage={{DWT|24,250}}

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|Ship length={{convert|583|ft|m|abbr=on}} oa

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|Ship power={{convert|11,000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=Steam turbines

|Ship speed= {{convert|16|kn|lk=in}}

|Ship range={{convert|12000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}}

|Ship capacity= * Cargo: {{convert|420,284|ft3|abbr=on}}

Fuel oil, forward, full 5,719 bbl
Fuel oil, aft, full 7,894 bbl

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The Type C5 ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II breakbulk cargo and later a container ship for containerization shipments. The first type C5-class ship was a class of ships constructed and produced in the United States during World War II. The World War II C5-class ship was dry bulk cargo ship built by Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows Point, Maryland. Bethlehem Steel built eight ships in this bulk cargo class and four orders were canceled. The C5-class ship has a {{DWT|24,250}} and was {{convert|560|ft|m}} long. The C5 was mainly used as iron ore carriers. The C5 was needed to replace other ships that sank during World War II. First in her class was SS Venore, USMC #1982, delivered on 20 July 1945. The Type C5-class ship designed to fill the need to move iron ore from Santa Cruz, Chile, to Sparrows Point, Maryland, through the Panama Canal, a round-trip of {{convert|8700|nmi|lk=in}}.[http://www.sname.org/arcticsection/viewdocument/ore-carrier-ss-venore-robinson?tab=librarydocuments sname.org, Ore Carrier S.S. Venore, 1945, by Robinson H F; Worthen E P][http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/2c5cargoships.htm shipbuildinghistory.com C5]

Post World War II, four ships were given C5 class type C5-S-78a, these were roll-on/roll-off container ship built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi and operated by the Moore-McCormack Lines. The C5-S-78a had a deadweight tonnage of 16,000 tons.[http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/ingalls.htm shipbuildinghistory.com, Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.][http://drawings.usmaritimecommission.de/drawings_c5_s_7xx_types.htm usmaritimecommission.de, The C5-Designs and his Conversions]

Ships in class

=Ordered during World War II=

C5-S AX1 C5 iron ore carriers, 1948.[http://www.usmm.org/c5ships.html usmm.org, United States Maritime Commission C5 and R (Refrigerated) Type Ships]
Venore, USMC #1982, Hull 4411, scrapped 1970
Marore, USMC #1983, Hull 4412, scrapped 1970
Lebore, USMC #1984, Hull 4413, converted to container ship 1966, scrapped 1972
Feltore, USMC #1985, Hull 4414, converted to container ship 1967, scrapped 1971
Chilore, Hull 4445, scrapped 1970
Santore, Hull 4446, scrapped 1970
Cubore, Hull 4457, scrapped 1980
Baltore, Hull 4458, converted to barge in 1981

=Post World War II=

C5-S-78a container ship 1968[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/3breakbulk.htm shipbuildinghistory.com C3 and C5]
{{SS|Curtiss|T-AVB-4}} laid down on 1 April 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. of Pascagoula, Mississippi as SS Mormacksky, Maritime Commission type C5-S-78a.
SS Mormacstar, a Maritime Administration, roll-on/roll-off container ship. renamed: SS Red Jacket, SS American Rapid, SS Rapid, Cape Nome, and {{SS|Cape Nome|AK-1014}}, 3 April 2002, laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group.[http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/13/131014.htm NavSource SS Mormacstar]
SS Mormacsea 1969 roll-on/roll-off container ship, renamed Defiance in 1978, renamed American Rover in 1982, renamed Rover in 1983 and scrapped in 1993 at Alang, India.
SS Mormacsun 1970 roll-on/roll-off container ship, renamed SS Young America in 1970, renamed {{SS|Wright|T-AVB-3}} in 1986, in active service.[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/3roroships.htm shipbuildinghistory.com, Roll-on/Roll-off Container]

=Conversions=

File:SS Cape Girardeau at Alameda.jpg

File:S.S. Cape Gibson (AK-5051).jpg

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C5-S-37e conversions
Some C3-S-37a cargo ships were modified in the 1970s to a new C5-S-37e design by the Todd Shipyards Corp., Galveston, Texas. C3-class ships was lengthened by {{convert|97.5|ft|m}} to be a class C5.[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=62264 shipspotting.com, James Lykes][http://www.wellandcanal.ca/salties/lykes/jameslykes /james.htm, wellandcanal.ca, James Lykes][http://drawings.usmaritimecommission.de/drawings_c5_s_7xx_types.htm usmaritimecommission.de, The C5-Designs and his Conversions]
James Lykes 1960, scrapped in 1995.
Joseph Lykes 1960, scrapped in 1996.
Zoella Lykes 1960, scrapped 1995 at Alang.
John Lykes 1960, scrapped 1995 at Alang.
Thompson Lykes 1960, rebuilt into a barge in 1994.[http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/lykes.shtml Lykes Brothers Steam Ship Company / Lykes Lines, New Orleans, Tampa, 1898-2005]

C5-S-73b, Sea Witch class, built by Bath Iron Works for American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines 1968. holds 928 {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} containers.{{Cite web | last = Toppan | first = Andrew | title = Bath Iron Works Production Record, Part 3 | work = Hull 277 and later | publisher = Hazegray Shipbuilding Pages

| date = 2003 | url = http://www.hazegray.org/shipbuilding/biw3.htm | access-date = April 23, 2010}}

C.V.Lightning, converted to C5-S-MA73c, crane ship renamed {{SS|Flickertail State|T-ACS-5|3}}
C.V.Sea Witch, later converted into a chemical carrier, renamed SS Chemical Pioneer
C.V.Stag Hound, converted to C5-S-MA73c, crane ship renamed SS Cornhusker State (T-ACS-6)
Export Freedom scrapped in 1997 at Alang[http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2629842 Export Freedom]
Export Leader, converted to C5-S-MA73c, crane ship renamed SS Gopher State (T-ACS-4)
Export Patriot, scrapped in 1998

C5-S-MA73c is the {{sclass|Gopher State|crane ship|1}} made for the Military Sealift Command, converted by Norfolk SB & DD Company at Norfolk, Virginia

C5-S-75a built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia for the American Mail Line of Seattle, Washington as break bulk cargo or container ship, with {{convert|21,600|shp|abbr=on}} at 15,950 tons, {{convert|21.0|kn}}. The largest general cargo liners in 1969.[http://www.navsource.net/archives/09/13/130851.htm NavSource, SS American Mail]
Alaskan Mail 1968, renamed {{SS|Cape Girardeau|AK-2039|3}} 1978, scrapped September 2023.
Indian Mail renamed {{SS|Cape Gibson|AK-5051|3}}, scrapped October 2020
Korean Mail built 1969, scrapped 1995.
Hong Kong Mail built 1968, renamed {{SS|Wilson|1968|6}} in 1978, scrapped June 2008.
American Mail (1969) later renamed SS Cleveland, scrapped 2009