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Name: | Howell E. Jackson |
Namesake: | Howell E. Jackson |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | Marine Transport Line |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1498 |
Builder: | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost: | $1.851.609[1] |
Yard number: | 114 |
Way number: | 4 |
Laid down: | 22 May 1943 |
Launched: | 6 September 1943 |
Sponsored by: | Nobie Ramspeck |
Completed: | 25 September 1943 |
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Fate: | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 7 June 1948 |
Status: | Sold for scrapping, 9 August 1962 |
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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 Howell E. Jackson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Howell E. Jackson, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a United States Senator from Tennessee.
Construction[]
Howell E. Jackson was laid down on 22 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1498, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia;[3] sponsored by Nobie Ramspeck,[4][1] wife of House Majority Whip Robert Ramspeck, and launched on 6 September 1943.[3]
History[]
She was allocated to Marine Transport Line, on 25 September 1943. On 7 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 9 August 1962, she was sold to North American Smelting Company, for $45,025, for scrapping, she was delivered on 29 August 1962.[5][6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MARCOM.
- ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ↑ Grave 2003.
- ↑ Liberty Ships.
- ↑ MARAD.
Bibliography[]
- "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonesbrunswick.htm.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". http://www.glynngen.com/nautical/glynn/libertyships.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "Howell E. Jackson". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/2264.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "Robert C. Word Ramspeck". 24 January 2003. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7114858.
- "SS Howell E. Jackson". http://usmaritimecommission.de/.
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