SS Abner Doubleday
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 The SS John W. Brown is one of only two surviving operational Liberty ships. The SS Abner Doubleday was identical. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Abner Doubleday |
| Namesake: | Abner Doubleday |
| Builder: | Oregon Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 25 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 November 1942 |
| Identification: | Maritime Commission hull number 598 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cargo ship |
| Displacement: | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) |
| Length: | 135 m (441 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 17.3 m (56 ft 10.75 in) |
| Draft: | 8.5 m (27 ft 9.25 in) |
| Propulsion: | Two oil-fired boilers, triple-expansion steam engine, single screw, 2,500 horsepower (1,864 kW) |
| Speed: | 11 to 11.5 knots (20 to 21 km/h) |
| Range: | 23,000 miles (37,000 km) |
| Capacity: | 10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 41 men |
| Armament: | Stern-mounted 4-in (102 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns |
The SS Abner Doubleday was a liberty ship built during World War II. The ship was named after Abner Doubleday, a general during the American Civil War. Her keel was laid down on 25 October 1942 and she launched 20 November 1942. Abner Doubleday was scrapped in 1968.
[edit] References
- Elphick, Peter. Liberty: The Ships that Won the War. Naval Institute Press, 2006. ISBN 1-59114-451-5
[edit] External links
- Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II
- Links to Liberty Ship information
- Ships Sunk or Damaged during World War II
- Ships built at Oregon Shipbuilding
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