SS Joseph M. Terrell

SS Joseph M. Terrell was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Joseph M. Terrell, a United States Senator and the 57th Governor of Georgia.

History
United States
Name: Joseph M. Terrell
Namesake: Joseph M. Terrell
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1515
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost: $1,177,598[1]
Yard number: 131
Way number: 3
Laid down: December 23, 1943 (1943-12-23)
Launched: February 14, 1944 (1944-02-14)
Sponsored by: Mrs. W. Franklin Jones
Completed: February 26, 1944 (1944-02-26)
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 24 October 1947
Status: Sold for scrapping, 17 June 1966
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

Joseph M. Terrell was laid down on 23 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1515, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. W. Franklin Jones, the daughter-in-law of James Addison Jones, and launched on 14 February 1944.[3][1]

History

She was allocated to R.A. Nichol & Company, on 26 February 1944. On 24 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Mobile, Alabama. On 17 June 1966, to Union Minerals & Alloys, Corp., for $45,568.79, for scrapping. She was delivered on 29 June 1966.[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 3 November 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "Joseph M. Terrell". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  • "SS Joseph M. Terrell". Retrieved 5 November 2017.


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