SS Pearl Harbor

History
United States
Name	Pearl Harbor
Namesake	Pearl Harbor
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Agwilines Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 927
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland [1]
Cost	$1,071,114 [2]
Yard number	2077
Way number	15
Laid down	10 November 1942
Launched	7 December 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. Inez G. Kidd
Completed	21 December 1942
Identification	Call sign: KKGL [2]
Fate	Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 21 April 1948, sold for scrap 29 October 1962
General characteristics [3]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT  DWT 7,176  GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434  t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474  t) (max)
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)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 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)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Pearl Harbor was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Pearl Harbor, an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, where the surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 7 December 1941, led the United States to declare war on the Empire of Japan.

Construction

Pearl Harbor was laid down on 10 November 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 927, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Inez G. Kidd, widow of Rear Admiral Isaac Kidd, and was launched on 7 December 1942. ^{[1] [2]}

History

She was allocated to Agwilines Inc., on 8 December 1942. ^[4]

On 5 April 1948, she was laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. On 29 October 1962, she was sold to the Southern Scrap Material Co., for $46,488.88, to be scrapped. ^[4]

References

1. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2021.
2. MARCOM.
3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
4. MARAD.

Bibliography

• "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
• Maritime Administration. "Pearl Harbor". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
• "SS Pearl Harbor" . Retrieved 14 July 2025.