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Name: | James Gunn |
Namesake: | James Gunn |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | Seas Shipping Co., Inc. |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 44 |
Awarded: | 14 March 1941 |
Builder: | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost: | $1,046,826[2] |
Yard number: | 20231 |
Way number: | 4 |
Laid down: | 6 April 1942 |
Launched: | 8 June 1942 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. James Ross |
Completed: | 24 June 1942 |
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Fate: | Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 6 September 1949 |
Status: | Sold for scrapping, 7 November 1969, withdrawn from fleet, 23 March 1970 |
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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 James Gunn was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James Gunn, a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from Georgia.
Construction[]
James Gunn was laid down on 6 April 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 44, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. James Ross, the wife of Captain Ross, the manager of the Baltimore office for the ABS, and was launched on 8 June 1942.[1][2]
History[]
She was allocated to Seas Shipping Co., Inc., on 24 June 1942. On 6 September 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. On 7 November 1969, she was sold for scrapping to Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd.. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 23 March 1970.[4]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. "James Gunn". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2401.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS James Gunn". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=James%20Gunn&code=B0044a.
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