SS Charles H. Herty

History
United States
Name:	SS Charles H. Herty
Namesake:	Charles Herty
Owner:	United States Marine Corps
Ordered:	MCE hull 1069
Builder:	Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation, Savannah, Georgia
Way number:	4
Laid down:	21 October 1943
Launched:	17 November 1943
In service:	after 30 November 1943
Fate:	Sold for scrapping, 1967
General characteristics
Class and type:	Liberty ship; type EC2-S-C1, standard;
Beam:	57 feet (17 m)
Draft:	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Propulsion:	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed:	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)

SS Charles H. Herty was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. It was named after American chemist Charles Herty.

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