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Name | Charles D. Walcott |
Namesake | Charles D. Walcott |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | American Export Lines Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2327 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $940,965 [1] |
Yard number | 68 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 29 September 1944 |
Launched | 7 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Eva Pearl Parker |
Completed | 18 November 1944 |
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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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SS Charles D. Walcott was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Charles D. Walcott, an American geologist, paleontologist, and government administrator. Walcott served as the Director of the US Geological Survey from 1894-1907, and as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907-1921. [3]
Charles D. Walcott was laid down on 29 September 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2327, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Miss Eva Pearl Parker, a yard employee in the fabrication shop, and launched on 7 November 1944. [4] [1]
She was allocated to American Export Lines Inc., 13 November 1944. On 30 December 1947, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolina. [3]
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