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SS T. A. Johnston

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SS T. A. Johnston
Career (United States) Flag of the United States
Name: T. A. Johnston
Namesake: T. A. Johnston
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: J.H. Winchester & Company, Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2304
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost: $1,342,770[1]
Yard number:
  • 45
  • 45R
Way number:
  • 6
  • 2
    • Laid down:
  • 22 April 1944
  • 14 November 1944
    • Launched: 13 December 1944
    Completed: 28 December 1944
    Identification:
    • Call Signal: WQEA
    • ICS WhiskeyICS QuebecICS EchoICS Alpha[1]
    Fate:
  • Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 7 January 1947
    • Status: Sold for scrapping, 10 July 1970
    Notes: Hull 45 was dismantled completely after being damaged by fire. Hull 45R was built to replace it in December 1944.
    General characteristics [2]
    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 Filer & Stowell Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • 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 T. A. Johnston was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after T. A. Johnston.

    Construction[]

    T. A. Johnston was initially laid down on 22 April 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2304, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida. A fire on the slip way warped the original hull and it had to be scrapped. A new hull was laid down on 14 November 1944, and would go on to set a shipyard record of 29 days on the way when she was launched on 13 December 1944.[3][1]

    History[]

    She was allocated to J.H. Winchester & Company, Inc., on 28 December 1944. On 7 January 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Hudson River Group. On 19 July 1955, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain as part of the "Grain Program 1955". She returned to the fleet on 4 August 1955, full of grain. On 22 April 1956, she was withdrawn to unload, she returned empty on 28 April 1956. On 4 August 1956, she was withdrawn for the last time to be loaded with grain, she returned full on 25 August 1956. She was withdrawn on May 18 1963, to be emptied and returned 25 May 1963. On 10 July 1970, she was sold, along with one other ship, for $80,323.08 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 6 October 1970.[4][5]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MARCOM.
    2. ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
    3. ↑ J.A. Panama City 2010.
    4. ↑ Liberty Ships.
    5. ↑ MARAD.

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