Type C5 class ship

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 8 ship in this bulk cargo class and four orders were canceled. The C5 class ship has a DWT of 24,250 and was 560 feet long. The C5 was mainly used as iron ore carriers. The C5 was needed to replace other ships that sank during WW2. First in her class was the SS Venore, USMC #1982, delivered on 20 July 1945. Type C5 class ship designed to fill the need to move iron ore from Santa Cruz, Chile, to Sparrows Point, Md., through the Panama Canal, a round-trip trip 8700 nautical miles. Post World War 2 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 of 16,000 tons.

SS Wright

Pacific Ocean (July 16, 2004) - The modular cargo delivery system ship SS Cape Girardeau (T-AK 2039)

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (July 14, 2004) - Boatswain Mate Steve Zombro maneuvers pallets of supplies aboard SS Cape Girardeau (T-AK 2039)

SS Flickertail State (T-ACS-5)

SS Gopher State

SS Wilson at arrival

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