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Liberty ship of WWII From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Dwight L. Moody was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Dwight L. Moody, evangelist, publisher, the founder of the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, now Northfield Mount Hermon School, the Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers.
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Name | Dwight L. Moody |
Namesake | Dwight L. Moody |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1526 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,847,690[1] |
Yard number | 8 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 4 March 1943 |
Launched | 28 June 1943 |
Completed | 24 July 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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Dwight L. Moody was laid down on 4 March 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1526, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 28 June 1943.[3][1]
She was allocated to Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., on 24 July 1943. On 29 May 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the James River Group. On 23 January 1950, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. On 1 July 1975, she was turned over to the state of Texas, for use as an artificial reef. She was removed from the fleet on 9 July 1975.[4]
She was sunk on 6 April 1976, at 28°06′58″N 96°05′14″W, along with her sister ships Jim Bridger, sunk on 15 June 1976, and George Dewey, sunk on 25 April 1976.[5]
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