SS Anna Dickinson

SS Anna Dickinson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Anna Dickinson, an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress.

History
United States
Name: Anna Dickinson
Namesake: Anna Dickinson
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Wessel Duval & Company
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2493
Awarded: 23 April 1943
Builder: St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1]
Cost: $1,009,493[2]
Yard number: 57
Way number: 3
Laid down: 26 July 1944
Launched: 4 September 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. James R.P. Bell, Jr.
Completed: 16 September 1944
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 8 September 1949
Status: Sold for scrapping, 14 March 1961, withdrawn from fleet, 10 April 1961
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
Length:
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam: 57 feet (17 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:
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement:
Armament:

Construction

Anna Dickinson was laid down on 26 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2493, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. James R.P. Bell, Jr., the daughter of Benjamin F. Crowley, vice president St.Johns River SB Co., and was launched on 4 September 1944.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Wessel Duval & Company, on 16 September 1944. On 8 September 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, 14 March 1961, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $58,139.89. She was removed from the fleet, 10 April 1961.[4]

References
  1. St. John's River SBC 2010.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Anna Dickinson". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 29 January 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Anna Dickinson". Retrieved 29 January 2020.


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