| SS Carter Braxton | |
|---|---|
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | Carter Braxton |
| Namesake: | Carter Braxton |
| Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator: | Union Sulphur & Oil Co., Inc. |
| Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 22 |
| Awarded: | 14 March 1941 |
| Builder: | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost: | $1,151,856[2] |
| Yard number: | 2009 |
| Way number: | 9 |
| Laid down: | 3 September 1941 |
| Launched: | 24 January 1942 |
| Completed: | 18 March 1942 |
| Identification: | |
| Status: | Sold for commercial use, 19 June 1947 |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | Herman Frasch |
| Namesake: | Herman Frasch |
| Owner: | Union Sulphur Co. |
| Status: | Sold, April 1955 |
| Career (United States) | |
| Name: | Cilco Ranger |
| Owner: | Terminal Steamship Co. |
| Operator: | A.L. Burbank & Co. |
| Status: | Sold, August 1956 |
| Career (United States) | |
| Name: | Murray Hill |
| Owner: | Fairfield Steamship Corp. |
| Status: | Sold, March 1957 |
| Career (Liberia) |  |
| Name: | Sea Spray |
| Owner: | Universal Tramp Shipping Co. |
| Operator: | Seatraders, Inc. |
| Status: | Sold, March 1960 |
SS Carter Braxton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Carter Braxton, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, as well as a merchant, planter, and Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Carter Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years.
Construction[]
Carter Braxton was laid down on 3 September 1941, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 22, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 24 January 1942.[1][2]
History[]
She was allocated to the Union Sulphur & Oil Co., Inc., on 18 March 1942. She was sold for commercial use on 19 June 1947, to the Union Sulphur & Oil Co., Inc., and renamed Herman Frasch, after Herman Frasch.[3]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "Carter Braxton". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7212.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS Carter Braxton". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Carter%20Braxton&code=B0022a.
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