SS Abigail Gibbons
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Name | Abigail Gibbons |
Namesake | Abigail Gibbons |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2379 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $930,609[1] |
Yard number | 164 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 1 September 1944 |
Launched | 12 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. Franklin Brown |
Completed | 25 October 1944 |
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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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SS Abigail Gibbons was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Abigail Gibbons, an abolitionist and co-founder of the Women's Prison Association.
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[edit]Abigail Gibbons was laid down on 1 September 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2379, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. W. Franklin Brown, daughter of Edwin L. Jones, and launched on 12 October 1944.[3][1]
History
[edit]She was allocated to American Foreign Steamship Corporation, on 25 October 1944. On 30 September 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Alabama. On 7 September 1971, she was sold for $35,424.54 to Union Minerals & Alloys Co., to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 20 September 1971.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c MARCOM.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ^ Liberty Ships.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Abigail Gibbons". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- "SS Abigail Gibbons". Retrieved 15 November 2017.