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Liberty ship of WWII From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS John Mitchell was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Mitchell, an American labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908.
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Name | John Mitchell |
Namesake | John Mitchell |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | States Marine Corp. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 311 |
Awarded | 1 May 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost | $1,056,991[2] |
Yard number | 2061 |
Way number | 12 |
Laid down | 28 July 1942 |
Launched | 7 September 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. John Green |
Completed | 19 September 1942 |
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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 Mitchell was laid down on 28 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 311, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. John Green, the wife of the president of IUMSWA), and was launched on 7 September 1942.[1][2]
She was allocated to States Marine Corp., on 19 September 1942. On 11 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. On 15 February 1967, she was sold for scrapping to Southern Scrap Material Co., for $45,000. She was removed from the fleet on 18 May 1967.[4]
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