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History
United States
NameSS Daniel Webster
NamesakeDaniel Webster
BuilderSouth Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine
Yard number211
Way number3
Laid down1 November 1942
Launched28 January 1943
Fate
  • Torpedoed and beached 10 January 1944
  • Scrapped, 1948
NotesOfficial number: 242815
General characteristics
TypeLiberty ship
Tonnage7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion
  • Two oil-fired boilers
  • Triple-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
  • 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity9,140 tons cargo
Complement41
Armament

SS Daniel Webster (MC contract 211) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

Named after Daniel Webster, an American statesman, the ship was laid down by South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation in South Portland, Maine, at their West Yard on 1 November 1942, then launched on 28 January 1943. The ship was completed 10 February 1943 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for operation by Sprague Steamship Company under a WSA agreement the same day.[1]

On 10 January 1944, she was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea off Oran, French Algeria in an air attack on convoy KMS 37 while en route from Gibraltar to Augusta and Naples. The ship was beached and declared a total constructive loss. The ship was sold for scrapping in a group of forty hulks on 19 December 1947 to Venturi Salvattigi Recuperi e Impresse Marrittime Societta per Azione of Genoa.[2][1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Maritime Administration. "Daniel Webster". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ Cressman, Robert J. "The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II, Chapter VI: 1944, 10 January". Contemporary History Branch, Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ "New England Shipbuilding Company, South Portland ME". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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