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World War II Liberty ship of the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS John H. Hammond was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Hays Hammond, a mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist.
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Name | John H. Hammond |
Namesake | John Hays Hammond |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2385 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $892,998[1] |
Yard number | 170 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 13 October 1944 |
Launched | 15 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry |
Completed | 27 November 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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John H. Hammond was laid down on 13 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2385, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. R. Gregg Cherry, wife of then governor elect R. Gregg Cherry, and launched on 15 November 1944.[3][1]
She was allocated to William J. Rountree Company, on 27 November 1944. On 17 July 1945, she struck a mine off Elba, Italy, and was towed to Naples, Italy. She was declared a constructive total loss (CTL).[1][4] On 20 February 1948, she was sold, along with 39 other vessels, including her sister ships SS Isaac Shelby and SS Niels Poulson, for $520,000, to Venturi Salvaggi Ricuperi Imprese Marittime Societa per Azioni, Genoa.[5][6]
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