SS Joseph M. Terrell
SS Joseph M. Terrell was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Joseph M. Terrell, a United States Senator and the 57th Governor of Georgia.
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Name: | Joseph M. Terrell |
Namesake: | Joseph M. Terrell |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1515 |
Builder: | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost: | $1,177,598[1] |
Yard number: | 131 |
Way number: | 3 |
Laid down: | December 23, 1943 |
Launched: | February 14, 1944 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. W. Franklin Jones |
Completed: | February 26, 1944 |
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Fate: | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 24 October 1947 |
Status: | Sold for scrapping, 17 June 1966 |
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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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Construction
Joseph M. Terrell was laid down on 23 December 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1515, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. W. Franklin Jones, the daughter-in-law of James Addison Jones, and launched on 14 February 1944.[3][1]
History
She was allocated to R.A. Nichol & Company, on 26 February 1944. On 24 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Mobile, Alabama. On 17 June 1966, to Union Minerals & Alloys, Corp., for $45,568.79, for scrapping. She was delivered on 29 June 1966.[4][5]
References
- MARCOM.
- Davies 2004, p. 23.
- J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- Liberty Ships.
- MARAD.
Bibliography
- "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Joseph M. Terrell". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- "SS Joseph M. Terrell". Retrieved 5 November 2017.