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| Rosalind:
A Cape Romain Class Freighter, built in 1918 as War Mercury by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Sparrows Point, MD; Launched 4 May 1918; Completed as Cape Romain; Acquired by the Navy 25 June 1918 and commissioned USS Cape Romain (ID 2970) the same day; Decommissioned 3 March 1919 at New York and transferred to the United States Shipping Board; Sold in 1920 to the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Steamship Corp. of Baltimore, MD; Repossessed by the USSB in 1922; Sold in 1929 to the A. H. Bull Steamship Co. of New York and renamed Emilia; Sold in 1951 to the Basile Shipping Co. of Honduras and renamed Isabel; Sold in 1953 ro Cia Comercial y Financiera Sudamericana of Panama and renamed Rosalind; Sold in 1956 to Overseas Enterprise, Inc. of Panama.
Specifications: Displacement 10,505 t.; Length 391' 9"; Beam 52'; Draft 23' 11"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 52; Armament one 6" and one 3" mount; Propulsion: Scotch boilers, one 2,800ihp reciprocationg steam engine,
single shaft.
The Cape Romain Underway as the Emilia
Foundered in bad weather 2 March 1956 in the Mediterranean Sea off the northern coast of Egypt at
position 33° 21' N./ 27° 50' E. References: Miramar Single Ship Report for "2216466" http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31302 http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsWarJ.html http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/172970.htm http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/merchantships/wwi/atlantic.htm |
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