SS Delbrasil
USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) off San Francisco, 7 February 1944.
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| Port of registry: | United States |
| Route: | U.S. Gulf Coast to East Coast of South America |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Steel |
| Launched: | 16 December 1939 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Maria Martins (wife of Brazilian ambassador) |
| Christened: | Delbrasil |
| Completed: | 1939 |
| Maiden voyage: | 20 June 1940 |
| In service: | June 1940 |
| Homeport: | New Orleans |
| Identification: | Official number: 239616 |
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| Type: | MC hull type C3-P, MC hull no. 48 |
| Tonnage: | 7,977 GRT |
| Length: | 468 ft 1 in (142.7 m) |
| Beam: | 65 ft 7 in (20.0 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 7 in (8.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbine drive, 2 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, single screw, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
| Speed: | 17.8 knots |
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| Name: | USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) |
| Namesake: | Commandant George F. Elliott USMC (1846-1931) |
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| Operator: | U.S. Navy (1943–1946) |
| Acquired: | 25 August 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 June 1946 |
| Notes: | Ship ownership transferred from Mississippi Shipping Company to War Shipping Administration on 4 February 1944 with WSA retaining ownership during remainder of Navy operation. |
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| Type: | MC hull type C3-P, MC hull no. 48 |
| Displacement: | 14,247 long tons (14,476 t) |
| Length: | 491 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft 8 in (7.82 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbine drive, 2 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, single screw, designed shaft horsepower 8,500 |
| Speed: | 17.8 knots (33.0 km/h) |
| Troops: | 1,908 |
| Complement: | 302 |
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USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) was a cargo liner built for the Mississippi Shipping Company as SS Delbrasil for operation between New Orleans and the east coast of South America in 1939 by its operator, Delta Line. The ship entered that service and operated until taken over by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) on 28 April 1942 for operation by Delta Line acting as WSA's agent. On 25 August 1943 WSA allocated the ship to the Navy for conversion to a troop transport commissioned and operated by the Navy for the duration of the war. Ownership of the ship was transferred from Mississippi Shipping to WSA on 4 February 1944 while under Navy operation and was retained until sale to American South African Lines on 22 December 1948. The ship was renamed African Endeavor until returned as a trade in to the Maritime Commission on 22 September 1960 for layup in the James River reserve fleet and later sold to Boston Metals for scrapping.
Delbrasil was the first of three cargo and passenger liners, the later ships being SS Delorleans and SS Deltargentino, built for Delta Line operation with close cooperation between the U.S. Maritime Commission and the company's management to be the first passenger cargo vessels in the country meeting all current safety and efficiency requirements. Naval architect V. M. Friede of New Orleans executed the company's particular design for the series of six ships and was later named the company's consulting naval architect.
The ship's design was based on a Maritime Commission (CP-3) type with Delbrasil being built in 1939 by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, Maryland. The ship was launched at 11:00 a.m. on 16 December 1939, sponsored by the wife of the Brazilian ambassador, Mrs. Maria Martins and intended for Delta Line, the Mississippi Shipping Company's operator, for service between the U.S. Gulf Coast and the East Coast of South America. The ship was delivered to the Mississippi Shipping Company on 31 May 1940.
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