SS John A. Campbell

SS John A. Campbell was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John A. Campbell, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Peace Commissioner for the Confederate States of America.

History
United States
Name: John A. Campbell
Namesake: John Archibald Campbell
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1496
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost: $1.866.006[1]
Yard number: 112
Way number: 2
Laid down: 13 April 1943
Launched: 14 August 1943
Sponsored by: Mrs. Frank Dowd
Completed: 31 August 1943
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, Oregon, 21 October 1947
Status: Sold for scrapping, 6 July 1967
General characteristics [2]
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

John A. Campbell was laid down on 13 April 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1496, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs. Frank Dowd, and launched on 14 August 1943.[3]

History

She was allocated to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., on 31 August 1943. On 21 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Astoria, Oregon. On 9 June 1954, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1954", she returned loaded with grain on 23 June 1954. She was again withdrawn from the fleet on 8 October 1957, to have the grain unloaded, she returned empty on 11 October 1957. On 6 July 1967, she was sold to Universal Salvage and Construction for $51,700, for scrapping, she was delivered on 29 August 1967.[4][5]

References
  1. MARCOM.
  2. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. J.A. Brunswick 2010.
  4. Liberty Ships.
  5. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "John A. Campbell". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  • "SS John A. Campbell". Retrieved 5 November 2017.


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