SS A. B. Hammond

SS A. B. Hammond was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in February 1944 to the War Shipping Administration (WSA).[2]

SS A. B. Hammond
History
United States
Name:	SS A. B. Hammond
Builder:	California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles
Yard number:	2558
Completed:	February 1944
Fate:	Scrapped, 1963
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship
Displacement:	14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1]
Length:	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p 427 ft (130 m) w/l[1]
Beam:	57 ft (17 m)[1]
Draft:	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1]
Propulsion:	Two oil-fired boilers Triple-expansion steam engine 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) Single screw
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1]
Range:	20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Capacity:	10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1]
Crew:	81[1]
Armament:	Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns

It was scrapped in 1963 following grounding damage.[3]