SS John McKinley

SS John McKinley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John McKinley, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and U.S. Senator from Alabama.

History
United States
Name: John McKinley
Namesake: John McKinley
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Dichman, Wright, and Pugh
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1495
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost: $1,952,888[1]
Yard number: 111
Way number: 1
Laid down: 23 March 1943
Launched: 31 July 1943
Sponsored by: Myrtle McCranie Willacoochee
Completed: 20 August 1943
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, 19 October 1945
Status: Delivered for scrapping, 7 February 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 McKinley was laid down on 23 March 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1495, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Myrtle McCranie Willacoochee, and launched on 31 July 1943.[3]

History

She was allocated to Dichman, Wright, and Pugh, on 20 August 1943. On 19 October 1945, she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Suisun Bay. She was sold to Zidell Exploration, Inc., Portland, Oregon, for $45,101, and delivered for scrapping on 7 February 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 McKinley". 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS John McKinley". Retrieved 5 November 2017.


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