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SS George Dewey
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Name: George Dewey
Namesake: George Dewey
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: American Export Lines Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1202
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $2,069,174[2]
Yard number: 10
Way number: 4
Laid down: 8 May 1943
Launched: 5 August 1943
Sponsored by: Rear Admiral Walter Browne Woodson
Completed: 27 August 1943
Identification:
Fate:
  • Placed in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 6 January 1948
  • Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 31 May 1952
  • Status: Turned over to Texas, for use as artificial reef, 6 August 1975, withdrawn from fleet, 12 August 1975
    General characteristics [3]
    Class & type:
    • Liberty ship
    • type EC2-S-C1, standard
    Tonnage:
  • 10,865 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GRT
  • Displacement:
  • 3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
  • 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
  • Length: 441 ft 6 in (135 m)
    Beam: 56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m)
    Draft: 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
    Installed power:
    • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
    • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
    Propulsion:
  • 2 × oil-fired boilers
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) (manufactured by Hamilton Engine Co., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 1 × screw propeller
  • Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
    Capacity: 10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT)
    Complement: 41
    Armament:
    • Stern-mounted 4"/50 caliber (102 mm) gun for use against surfaced submarines
    • variety of anti-aircraft guns

    SS George Dewey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George Dewey, the only person in United States history to obtain the rank Admiral of the Navy. Dewey was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and fought in both the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.

    Construction[]

    George Dewey was laid down on 8 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1202, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Rear Admiral Walter Browne Woodson, she was launched on 5 August 1943.[1][2]

    History[]

    She was allocated to American Export Lines Inc., on 27 August 1943. On 1 January 1948, she was placed in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. On 31 May 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. She was turned over for use as an artificial reef, on 6 August 1975, to the state of Texas. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 12 August 1975.[4]

    She was sunk on 25 April 1976, at Template:Coor along with her sister ships Jim Bridger, sunk on 15 June 1976, and Dwight L. Moody, sunk on 6 April 1976.[5]

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