| SS James J. Pettigrew | |
|---|---|
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | James J. Pettigrew |
| Namesake: | J. Johnston Pettigrew |
| Builder: | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Yard number: | 52 |
| Way number: | 7 |
| Laid down: | 24 November 1942 |
| Launched: | 24 December 1942 |
| Honors and awards: |
 1 × battle star |
| Fate: | scrapped 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Liberty ship |
| Tonnage: | 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Length: | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Capacity: | 9,140 tons cargo |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Armament: |
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SS James J. Pettigrew (MC contract 874) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after J. Johnston Pettigrew, a Confederate general from North Carolina killed during the American Civil War.
The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 24, 1942, and launched on December 24, 1942.[1] Pettigrew was chartered to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., by the War Shipping Administration until entering the James River Fleet of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in January 1946. At the time she required more than $100,000 of repairs. The vessel was sold for scrap in 1967.[2]
Awards[]
Pettigrew's Naval Armed Guard detachment received one battle star for World War II service.[3] On May 11, 1944 while part of convoy UGS-40 Pettigrew came under heavy air attack. The convoy managed to fight off an attack that included bombs, torpedoes, and glide bombs without casualties.[4]
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References[]
- ↑ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/northcarolina.htm. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ↑ "James J. Pettigrew". MARAD Vessel History Database. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/2414. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ↑ "U.S. Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "G to M"". American Merchant Marine at War. http://www.usmm.org/battle-g-m.html. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
- ↑ Mackenzie J. Gregory. "Convoy UGS-40, under extreme enemy air attack. May 11th. 1944". Ahoy - Mac's Web Log. http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/ConvoyUGS-40underextremee.html. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
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