USS Calvert: An Introduction, Origin Story, and Design Details – 1919 to 1941

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The document contains a compilation of research notes covering:

I) The USS Calvert – Introduction, brief history, the essence of her design, and her special place in the history of the US Navy’s Amphibious force.

II) The origin story of the USS Calvert

a) The formation, and success, of the Mississippi Shipping Company in meeting the growth of commercial and passenger service between the Gulf Coast of the United States and South America. Their success in this venture and the eventual need for a fleet of modern oceangoing vessels heading into the early 1940s.

b) The Merchant Marine Act of 1936: Essential Trade Route Program; The United States Maritime Commission’s Type-C3 class ship design specification.

c) The Mississippi Shipping Company’s C3-C&P ship design for six combined cargo and passenger ships. Including the ship that would be commissioned as the USS Calvert.

d) The Bethlehem Steel Company’s contract to construct these six ships at their Sparrow’s Point Shipyard, Maryland.

e) The escalation of World War II during 1941-42 and the War Shipping Act of 1942.

III) The principal characteristics of the Mississippi Shipping Company’s C3-C&P hull design, and related mechanical details

IV) Biography of naval architect Vladimir M. Von Der Friede, principal naval architect who designed of the hull for the Calvert and her five sister ships of the C3-C&P class.

V) Additional information on the Mississippi Shipping Company’s first three C3-C&P designed ships – Delbrasil, DelOrleans, and Deltargentino