SS Horace H. Lurton was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Horace H. Lurton, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Name | Horace H. Lurton |
Namesake | Horace H. Lurton |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Cosmopolitan Shipping Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1500 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1,814,639[1] |
Yard number | 116 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 12 July 1943 |
Launched | 7 October 1943 |
Completed | 19 October 1943 |
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Fate | Transferred to France, scrapped, June 1968 |
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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
editHorace H. Lurton was laid down on 12 July 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1500, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia, and launched on 7 October 1943.[3]
History
editShe was allocated to Cosmopolitan Shipping Company, on 19 October 1943. On 22 October 1946, she was transferred to the French Shipping Mission, on 6 December 1946, she was sold to them for $544,506. She was scrapped in June 1968.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b MARCOM.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ^ Liberty Ships.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
edit- "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Horace H. Lurton". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "SS Horace H. Lurton". Retrieved 5 November 2017.