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SS Samuel Johnston

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SS Samuel Johnston
Career (United States) US flag 48 stars
Name: Samuel Johnston
Namesake: Samuel Johnston
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Eastern Steamship Co.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 46
Awarded: 14 March 1941
Builder: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost: $1,046,847[2]
Yard number: 2033
Way number: 7
Laid down: 14 April 1942
Launched: 14 June 1942
Sponsored by: Miss Elaine Trimble
Completed: 30 June 1942
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 27 September 1947
Status: Sold for scrapping, 26 April 1967
General characteristics [3]
Class & type:
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage:
  • 10,865 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GRT
    • Displacement:
  • 3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
  • 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
    • 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)
    Installed power:
    • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
    • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
    Propulsion:
  • 2 × oil-fired boilers
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) (manufactured by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey)
  • 1 × screw propeller
    • Speed:
  • 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h)
    • Capacity: 10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT)
    Complement: 41
    Armament:
    • Stern-mounted 4"/50 caliber (102 mm) gun for use against surfaced submarines
    • variety of anti-aircraft guns

    SS Samuel Johnston was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Samuel Johnston, an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Chowan County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina in both the Continental Congress and the United States Senate, and was the sixth Governor of North Carolina.

    Construction[]

    Samuel Johnston was laid down on 14 April 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 46, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Miss Elaine Trimble, the daughter of Colonel South Trimble Jr., the Solicitor for the Department of Commerce, and was launched on 14 June 1942.[1][2]

    History[]

    She was allocated to Eastern Steamship Co., on 30 June 1942. On 27 September 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping on 24 March 1957, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $48,770. She was removed from the fleet, 26 April 1967.[4][4]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 MARCOM.
    3. ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 MARAD.

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