SS John Hay
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SS John Hay was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Hay, private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, the 12th United States Assistant Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and United States Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Name | John Hay |
Namesake | John Hay |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1525 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,859,804[1] |
Yard number | 7 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 5 January 1943 |
Launched | 31 May 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. L.R. Sanford |
Completed | 30 June 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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