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Name | Samuel G. Howe |
Namesake | Samuel G. Howe |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Isbrandstsen Steamship Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2324 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $620,974 [1] |
Yard number | 65 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 7 September 1944 |
Launched | 17 October 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Jimmy Mann |
Completed | 30 October 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 Samuel G. Howe was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Samuel G. Howe, a nineteenth century American physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind.
Samuel G. Howe was laid down on 7 September 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2324, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Jimmy Mann, wife of plant superintendent, and launched on 17 October 1944. [3] [1]
She was allocated to Isbrandstsen Steamship Co. Inc., 30 October 1944. On 8 September 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. [4]
She was sold for scrapping, 17 January 1969, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, for $40,125. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 27 January 1969. [4]
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