SS Patrick Henry
![]() Patrick Henry September 1941
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Name | Patrick Henry |
Namesake | Patrick Henry |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type ( MCE hull 14 |
Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
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Cost | $1,613,203[1] |
Yard number | 2001 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 30 April 1941 |
Launched | 27 September 1941 |
Sponsored by | Ilo Browne Wallace |
Completed | 30 December 1941 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Patrick Henry was the first
Background
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Liberty ships initially had a poor public image and to try to assuage public opinion, 27 September 1941, was designated
Launching
In the speech delivered at the launching, Roosevelt referred to
Service history
Her maiden voyage was to the Middle East. During World War II she made 12 voyages to ports including Murmansk (as part of Convoy PQ 18[6]), Trinidad, Cape Town, Naples, and Dakar.[5]
She survived the war, but was seriously damaged when she went aground on a reef off the coast of Florida, 25°08′N 80°16′W / 25.133°N 80.267°W, in July 1946. The ship was laid up at National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. On 18 September 1958, she was sold to Bethlehem Steel, for $76,191. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 22 October 1958, and was scrapped at Baltimore.[7][8][6]
References
- ^ a b MARCOM.
- ^ Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ Sawyer & Mitchell 1985, pp. 7, 36, 117–8, 219.
- ^ a b c Vindicatrix.
- ^ a b Hague 2009.
- ^ MARAD.
- ^ Sawyer & Mitchell 1985, pp. 36.
Bibliography
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Patrick Henry". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- "SS Patrick Henry". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- "The "Patrick Henry"" (PDF). TS Vindicatrix Association : Iconic Ships. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- Hague, Arnold (2009). "Ports database". convoyweb.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- Sawyer, L. A.; Mitchell, W. H. (1985). The Liberty Ships: The History of the "Emergency" Type Cargo Ships Constructed in the United States During the Second World War, (Second ed.). ISBN 1850440492.
External links
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- Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien Archived 2 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine Web site.
- Liberty Ship SS John W. Brown Web site.