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United States | |
Name | William B. Woods |
Namesake | William B. Woods |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | A. H. Bull & Company, Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1490 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $2,740,069 [1] |
Yard number | 106 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 6 July 1942 |
Launched | 13 March 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Emil J. Kratt |
Completed | 7 May 1943 |
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Fate | Torpedoed off Italy, 10 March 1944 |
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Length | |
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 William B. Woods was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. Named after William B. Woods, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a member of the Ohio General Assembly.
William B. Woods was laid down on 21 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1490, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; sponsored by Mrs.Emil J.Kratt, and launched on 7 April 1943. [3] [1]
She was allocated to A. H. Bull & Company, Inc. on 31 May 1943. On 10 March 1944, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-952 near Palermo, Italy, 38°26′N13°30′E / 38.43°N 13.50°E , with the loss of one US Navy Armed Guard and fifty-one US Army personnel. [4] [5]
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