SS Frederic C. Howe
SS Frederic C. Howe was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Frederic C. Howe, a member of the Ohio Senate, Commissioner of Immigration of the Port of New York, and president of the League for Small and Subject Nationalities.
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Name: | Frederic C. Howe |
Namesake: | Frederic C. Howe |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | United Fruit Co. |
Ordered: | as type (Z-EC2-S-C2) hull, MC hull 1536 |
Builder: | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost: | $1,824,649[1] |
Yard number: | 18 |
Way number: | 2 |
Laid down: | 24 August 1943 |
Launched: | 30 October 1943 |
Completed: | 6 December 1943 |
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Fate: | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia, 10 October 1947 |
Status: | Sold for non-transportation use (NTU), 9 June 1972 |
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Class and type: | type Z-EC2-S-C2, army tank transport |
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Beam: | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft: | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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Construction
Frederic C. Howe was laid down on 24 August 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1536, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 30 October 1943.[3][1]
History
She was allocated to United Fruit Co., on 6 December 1943. On 30 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group, Lee Hall, Virginia. On 9 June 1972, she was sold for $38,753.54 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, for non-transportation use (NTU). She was removed from the fleet on 18 August 1972.[4][5]
References
- MARCOM.
- Davies 2004, p. 23.
- J.A. Panama City 2010.
- Liberty Ships.
- MARAD.
Bibliography
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Frederic C. Howe". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 November 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "SS Frederic C. Howe". Retrieved 28 November 2017.