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Type C2 ships were designed by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) in 1937–38. They were all-purpose cargo ships with five holds, and U.S. shipyards built 328 of them from 1939 to 1945. Compared to ships built before 1939, the C2s were remarkable for their speed and fuel economy. Their design speed was 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h), but some could make 19 knots (35 km/h) on occasion. The first C2s were 459 feet (140 m) long, 63 feet (19 m) broad, and 40 feet (12 m) deep, with a 25-foot (8 m) draft. Later ships varied somewhat in size. Some, intended for specific trade routes, were built with significant modifications in length and capacity.

Cost
According to the War Production Board, in 1943 the C-2 had a relative cost of $313 per deadweight ton (10,800 deadweight tonnage) for $3,380,400; which at $14 to $1 inflation of 1945 to 2020 amounts to $48,136,896 ==Ships in class==
Ships in class
Modified and redesignated • Stores Ship – AF (11) • 3 (C2) • , , • 2 (C2-S-E1) • , • 6 of 10 (C2-S-B1-R) • AF-50, AF-51, AF-52, AF-54, AF-60, AF-61 • Attack Transports – APA (1 + 6AP) • 3 s (C2-S-B1) • APA-49, APA-50, APA-51 (AP-94, AP-95, AP-96) • 4 s (C2-S-E1) • APA-52, APA-53, APA-54 (AP-97, AP-98, AP-99) • APA-94 • Transports – AP (13) • 7 (C2-S-B1) • 3 (C2-S-A1) • 2 (C2-S-AJ1) • (C2-F) • Cargo ship – AK (21 + 1 AKA) • ... • ... , • , • ... • ... • (AKA-92) (in 1963) • Attack Cargo Ships – AKA (60 + 17AK) • (AK-26) • 11 (C2, C2-F, C2-T) • AKA-1 ... AKA-4 (AK-18 ... AK-21) • AKA-6 ... AKA-8 (AK-23 ... AK-25) • AKA-11 ... AKA-14 (AK-28, AK-53, AK-55, AK-56) • 32 (C2-S-AJ3) • AKA-64 ... AKA-87, AKA-101 ... 108 • 30 (C2-S-B1) • AKA-15 ... AKA-20 (prev: AK-64 ... AK-69) • AKA-53 ... AKA-63, AKA-88 ... AKA-100 • General Stores Issue Ship – AKS (2 + 2AK) • 3 s • , , (AK-54) • (AK-42) • Ammunition ship – AE (15 + 2AKA) • 7 (C2, C2-T, C2-N) • , , , • , • • 8 (C2-S-AJ1) • Converted from in 1965 • (prev: ) • (prev: ) • Aviation Supply Ship – AVS (1AK) • (AK-43) • Command ship – AGC (15) • 4 • ... , • 8 • ... • 3 • ... ==Notable incidents==
Notable incidents
• Highflier a C2-S-B, exploded and sank during the Texas City Disaster in 1947. • Wild Rover a C2-S-B1, renamed Mormackite, capsized in heavy seas and sank off Cape Henry on 7 October 1954. Survivors were attacked by sharks. • , a C2-S-AJ1, on 26 December 1969 with a full load of 8,900 bombs, rockets, shells and mines bound for Da Nang, South Vietnam, cargo shifted and a bomb went off in rough seas. On 5 January 1970 she sank north of Midway Atoll. Twenty-nine members of her crew died during the evacuation. • , a C2-S-AJ3, renamed SS Guam Bear, was wrecked and sank in 1967. She was in a collision outside Apra Harbor, Guam. A constructive total loss, the hulk was towed off shore and scuttled. • SS American Shipper, a C2-S-AJ5. Delivered December 1945. Sank in 1974 in the Balintang Channel, southeast of Hong Kong. • was torpedoed in 1942 and sank off Tunisia. • was torpedoed in 1942, sank in North Atlantic. • SS Louise Lykes was torpedoed and sank in the North Atlantic in 1943. • SS Shooting Star was torpedoed and sank in South Atlantic in 1943. One US Armed Guard killed. • was wrecked and sank off Newfoundland in 1942. • exploded and sank in the Admiralty Islands in 1944. • SS Fairport was torpedoed and sank in the North Atlantic in 1942. • SS Santa Catalina was torpedoed and sank off Georgia 1943. • SS African Star was torpedoed and sank in the South Atlantic in 1942. • SS African Dawn (CH-111) collided with a tanker in convoy, 2300 hrs, Oct 28 1943. ==See also==
General and cited references
• • • United States Maritime Commission C2 Type Ships
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