SS James Gunn
SS James Gunn was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James Gunn, a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from Georgia.
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Name: | James Gunn |
Namesake: | James Gunn |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | Seas Shipping Co., Inc. |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 44 |
Awarded: | 14 March 1941 |
Builder: | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost: | $1,046,826[2] |
Yard number: | 20231 |
Way number: | 4 |
Laid down: | 6 April 1942 |
Launched: | 8 June 1942 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. James Ross |
Completed: | 24 June 1942 |
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Fate: | Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 6 September 1949 |
Status: | Sold for scrapping, 7 November 1969, withdrawn from fleet, 23 March 1970 |
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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
James Gunn was laid down on 6 April 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 44, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. James Ross, the wife of Captain Ross, the manager of the Baltimore office for the ABS, and was launched on 8 June 1942.[1][2]
History
She was allocated to Seas Shipping Co., Inc., on 24 June 1942. On 6 September 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. On 7 November 1969, she was sold for scrapping to Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd.. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 23 March 1970.[4]
References
- Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
- MARCOM.
- Davies 2004, p. 23.
- MARAD.
Bibliography
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "James Gunn". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- "SS James Gunn". Retrieved 26 February 2020.