USS Don Marquis

USS Don Marquis (IX-215), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for that writer, poet, and artist. Her keel was laid down by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, in Los Angeles, California, as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull under Maritime Commission contract number 1874.^[1] She was launched on 23 August 1943.

History
United States
Name	Don Marquis
Namesake	Don Marquis
Builder	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Los Angeles
Yard number	245[1]
Way number	1[1]
Laid down	31 July 1943
Launched	23 August 1943
Acquired	31 May 1945
In service	31 May 1945
Out of service	Date unknown
Stricken	5 June 1946
Fate	Returned to the War Shipping Administration, 28 November 1945 Scrapped, 1949[1]
General characteristics [2]
Type	Liberty ship
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) light 14,250 long tons (14,479 t) full
Length	441 ft 7 in (134.59 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 7 in (8.41 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, single propeller, 2,500 shp (1,864 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range	17,000 nmi (31,000 km)

She was acquired and placed in service by the Navy on 31 May 1945. She was employed as dry floating storage in the Pacific until returned to the War Shipping Administration on 28 November 1945. Don Marquis was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 5 June 1946.

References

1. "Kaiser California Shipbuilding CalShip". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
2. "NavSource Online: IX-215 Don Marquis". navsource.org. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Photo gallery of USS Don Marquis at NavSource Naval History