SS W. P. Few

SS W. P. Few was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Preston Few, the first president of Duke University.

History
United States
Name: W.P. Few
Namesake: William Preston Few
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2363
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost: $1,035,580[1]
Yard number: 148
Way number: 2
Laid down: 1 May 1944
Launched: 22 June 1944
Sponsored by: Mrs. J. Elmer Long
Completed: 3 July 1944
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 19 April 1946
Status: Sold for scrapping, 18 September 1958
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

W.P. Few was laid down on 1 May 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2363, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. J. Elmer Long, and launched on 22 June 1944.[3][1]

History

She was allocated to the Isbrandtsen Steamship Co. Inc., on 3 July 1944. On 19 April 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Mobile, Alabama. On 18 September 1958, she was sold, along with 35 other Liberty ships, to Bethlehem Steel, for $2,666,680, for scrapping. She was removed from the fleet on 19 February 1959.[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 9 November 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "W.P. Few". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 9 November 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS W.P. Few". Retrieved 9 November 2017.


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