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WWII Liberty Ship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS A. B. Hammond was a liberty ship built by California Shipbuilding Corporation of Los Angeles, and delivered in February 1944, to the War Shipping Administration (WSA).[2]
SS A. B. Hammond | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | A. B. Hammond |
Namesake | Andrew B. Hammond |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Hammond Shipping Co. Ltd. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 2558 |
Awarded | 20 April 1943 |
Builder | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles |
Cost | $950,330 |
Yard number | 289 |
Way number | 12 |
Laid down | 23 December 1943 |
Launched | 21 January 1944 |
Completed | 8 February 1944 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1963 |
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Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS A. B. Hammond is named after Andrew B. Hammond, owner of the Hammond Lumber Company and Hammond Shipping Co. Ltd. During World War II Hammond Shipping Company was active in charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. The ship was run by its Hammond Shipping Company crew and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. Hammond Shipping Co. Ltd. operated both Liberty and Victory ships.[3][4]
In 1947 the War Shipping Administration sold the ship for private use. She was scrapped in 1963, following grounding damage.[5]
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