SS John McKinley | |
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Career (United States) | |
Name: | John McKinley |
Namesake: | John McKinley |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | Dichman, Wright, and Pugh |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1495 |
Builder: | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost: | $1,952,888[1] |
Yard number: | 111 |
Way number: | 1 |
Laid down: | 23 March 1943 |
Launched: | 31 July 1943 |
Sponsored by: | Myrtle McCranie Willacoochee |
Completed: | 20 August 1943 |
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Fate: | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, 19 October 1945 |
Status: | Delivered for scrapping, 7 February 1967 |
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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 John McKinley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John McKinley, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and U.S. Senator from Alabama.
Construction
John McKinley was laid down on 23 March 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1495, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Myrtle McCranie Willacoochee, and launched on 31 July 1943.[3]
History
She was allocated to Dichman, Wright, and Pugh, on 20 August 1943. On 19 October 1945, she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay. She was sold to Zidell Exploration, Inc., Portland, Oregon, for $45,101, and delivered for scrapping on 7 February 1967.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MARCOM.
- ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ↑ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ↑ 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. "John McKinley". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/2632.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS John McKinley". http://usmaritimecommission.de/.
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