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| SS Howard A. Kelly | |
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File:Het schip Howard A Kelly bij de fabriek van de Billiton Maatschappij Suriname i, Bestanddeelnr 252-6572.jpg Howard A. Kelly in 1947 | |
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| Name: | Howard A. Kelly |
| Namesake: | Howard A. Kelly |
| Builder: | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Launched: | 18 March 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 1943 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1969 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Liberty ship |
| Displacement: | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1] |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 57 ft (17 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1] |
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| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1] |
| Range: | 20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) |
| Capacity: | 10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1] |
| Crew: | 81[1] |
| Armament: | Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns |
SS Howard A. Kelly was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Howard Atwood Kelly, an influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings.
Design
Main article: Liberty ship
Like other Liberty ships, she was 441 feet (134 m) long and 56 feet (17 m) wide, carried 9000 tons of cargo and had a top speed of 11 knots (20 km/h). Most Liberty ships were named after prominent deceased Americans.[2]
Construction and career
This particular ship was built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Baltimore. She was launched on 18 March 1943 and commissioned later that year.[3]
She was scrapped in 1969.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Davies, James (2012). "Liberty Cargo Ships". ww2ships.com. p. 23. http://ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ↑ "Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II". usmm.org. 2008. http://www.usmm.org/libertyships.html#anchor446731. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ "S.S. Howard A. Kelly, launching, 1943 March 18 | Hagley Museum and Library Archives". https://findingaids.hagley.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/36228.
- ↑ Miramar Ship Index
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