SS Hobart Baker

	SS John W Brown, a ship of the same class as the Hobart Baker
History
United States
Name	Hobart Baker
Namesake	Hobart Baker
Owner	United States Maritime Commission
Operator	General Steamship Company
Builder	Permanente Metals Corp.
Yard number	No. 2; Richmond, California;
Laid down	16 April 1943
Launched	12 May 1943
Completed	24 May 1943
Fate	Bombed and sank 30 December 1944
Notes	Call sign KORP
General characteristics
Class and type	Liberty ship; type EC2-S-C1, standard;
Tonnage	7,176 GRT, 10,865 DWT
Displacement	14,245 long tons (14,474 t)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa; 416 feet (127 m) pp; 427 feet (130 m) lwl;
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, Sunnyvale, California); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain); 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale);
Troops	550
Complement	38–62 USMM; 21–40 USNAG;
Armament	Varied by ship; Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun; Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun; 2–8 × single anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,; 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns;

SS Hobart Baker was a

Hobart Baker. Hobart "Hobey" Baker (1892–1918) was an American amateur athlete and is considered the first American star in ice hockey. He was also an American football player.^[2] The ship was assigned by the War Shipping Administration to General Steamship Company of San Francisco who operated it throughout World War II. Hobart Baker was laid down on 16 April 1943, launched on 12 May 1943 and completed on 24 May 1943, with the hull No. 1114 as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program, built is 38 days.^[3]

World war 2

SS Hobart Baker was loaded with supplies for the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II on 26 October 1944 by the 2486th Quartermaster Truck Company in San Francisco. Due to the need for supplies, she was loaded around the clock. Military vehicles were driven to the Hobart Baker from the 15th Aircraft Delivery Group (ADG) Motorpool. The vehicles were chained down in the cargo holds. Most of the vehicles were amphibious. She was also loaded with steel landing mats, called Marston Mat. Also, loaded was fuel and other needed supplies needed for an amphibious beach assault.^[4]

SS Hobart Baker joined one hundred

US Navy plane. SS James H. Breasted

sank with no lose of crew.

Hobart Baker was hit by two aerial bomb and sank. at 12°17'55"N, 121°04'47"E. Wounded were two of the 26-man US Navy Armed Guard. Of the 38 man merchant crew one was killed and one was wounded.^[5] ^[6]

The Battle of Mindoro was the most costly for the US Merchant Marines. More Merchant Marines were killed in the Battle of Mindoro, than Army or Navy fighters. Two Liberty ships, the

SS John M. Clayton was torpedo and hit by a bomb, she beached by her Captain to stop from sinking, as cargo was on fire and half her of the superstructure was gone.^[7]

External links

U.S. Maritime Service Veterans Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Hobart_Baker&oldid=1212934419"

[TSWII-1] OCLC 1871625
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[2] ISBN 978-0-470-15305-5

[3] shipbuildinghistory.com, merchantships liberty ships

[4] 2486th Quartermaster Truck Company log

[5] Mindoro battle

[6] US Navy, Mindoro battle

[7] usmm.org Ships of the Pacific

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