SS Howell E. Jackson
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Name | Howell E. Jackson |
Namesake | Howell E. Jackson |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Marine Transport Line |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1498 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1.851.609[1] |
Yard number | 114 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 22 May 1943 |
Launched | 6 September 1943 |
Sponsored by | Nobie Ramspeck |
Completed | 25 September 1943 |
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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 Howell E. Jackson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Howell E. Jackson, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a United States senator from Tennessee.
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[edit]Howell E. Jackson was laid down on 22 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1498, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia;[3] sponsored by Nobie Ramspeck,[1] wife of House Majority Whip Robert Ramspeck, and launched on 6 September 1943.[3]
History
[edit]She was allocated to Marine Transport Line, on 25 September 1943. On 7 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 9 August 1962, she was sold to North American Smelting Company, for $45,025, for scrapping, she was delivered on 29 August 1962.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c MARCOM.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ a b J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ^ Liberty Ships.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
[edit]- "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. "Howell E. Jackson". 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.
- "SS Howell E. Jackson". Retrieved 5 November 2017.