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Name: | Horace Binney |
Namesake: | Horace Binney |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | American Export Lines, Inc. |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 62 |
Awarded: | 14 March 1941 |
Builder: | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost: | $1,076,481[2] |
Yard number: | 2049 |
Way number: | 8 |
Laid down: | 5 July 1942 |
Launched: | 25 August 1942 |
Sponsored by: | Miss Bertha Joseph |
Completed: | 31 August 1942 |
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Fate: | Mined, 8 May 1945 |
Status: | Constructive Total Loss, sold for scrapping, 1 April 1948 |
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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) |
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Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Capacity: | 10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Complement: | 41 |
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SS Horace Binney was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Horace Binney, an American lawyer, author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives.
Construction[]
Horace Binney was laid down on 5 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 62, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Miss Bertha Joseph, the secretary of Senator George L. P. Radcliffe of Maryland, and was launched on 25 August 1942.[1][2]
History[]
She was allocated to American Export Lines, Inc., on 31 August 1942. On 8 May 1945, she was mined off the coast of Dunkirk, France, at 51°12′N 02°27′E / 51.2°N 2.45°ECoordinates: 51°12′N 02°27′E / 51.2°N 2.45°E, and beached at Deal, England, where she broke in two. On 1 April 1948, she was sold to the Belgium company Etablisements Dohmen et Habets SA., and scrapped in Antwerp.[4]
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Bibliography[]
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "Horace Binney". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5968.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS Horace Binney". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Horace%20Binney&code=B0062a.
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