C5 Dry Bulk Cargo Ships
There were only eight C5s, all of them 560-foot ore carriers for Bethlehem Steel, built to replace those lost in the early years of the war.
MARCOM # | Builder | Location | Name | Design | DWT | Delivered | Notes | |
1982 | Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4411 | Venore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 20 Jul 1945 | scrapped 1970 |
1983 | Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4412 | Marore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 27 Mar 1946 | scrapped 1970 |
1984 | Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4413 | Lebore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 11 Jun 1946 | converted to containership 1966, scrapped 1972 |
1985 | Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4414 | Feltore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 30 Jul 1946 | converted to containership 1967, scrapped 1971 |
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4445 | Chilore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 13 Nov 1947 | scrapped 1970 | |
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4446 | Santore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 11 Mar 1948 | scrapped 1970 | |
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4457 | Cubore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 12 Jun 1948 | scrapped 1980 | |
Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Pt. MD | 4458 | Baltore | freighter (C5) | 24,250 | 12 Aug 1948 | converted to barge 1981 |