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SS George E. Badger

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History
United States
NameGeorge E. Badger
NamesakeGeorge Edmund Badger
BuilderNorth Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina[1]
Laid down27 December 1942
Launched26 January 1943
FateScrapped, 1972
General characteristics
TypeLiberty ship
Tonnage7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m)
Draft27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × oil-fired boilers
  • Triple-expansion steam engine, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
  • single screw
Speed11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity9,140 tons cargo
Complement41
Armament

SS George E. Badger (Hull Number 884) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George Edmund Badger, a North Carolina Senator from 1846 to 1855 and Secretary of the Navy in 1841.

The ship was laid down on 27 December 1942, then launched on 26 January 1943. George E. Badger was operated by Grace Line under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. George E. Badger took part in "Operation Overlord", the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.[2] The ship survived the war only to suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships that survived did; she was scrapped in 1972.

References

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  1. ^ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  2. ^ "American Merchant Marine Ships at Normandy in June 1944". www.usmm.org. Retrieved 2009-11-28.