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

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