SS Howard A. Kelly

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Liberty ship SS Howard A. Kelly 12 April 1943
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameHoward A. Kelly
Namesake Howard A. Kelly
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator A.L. Burbank & Co., Ltd.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 955
Awarded30 January 1942
Builder Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland [1]
Cost$1,049,141 [2]
Yard number2105
Way number4
Laid down8 February 1943
Launched18 March 1943
Completed29 March 1943
Identification
FateLaid up in reserve fleet, 2 November 1948, sold 27 May 1949
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameTainaron
Owner Actium Shipping Corp.
Acquired27 May 1949
FateSold foreign, November 1954
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
NameAktion
Owner Ronda Compania Maritime, S.A.
FateReflagged, 1960
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
NameAktion
OwnerRonda Compania Maritime, S.A.
FateReflagged, 1966
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
NameOlympian
OwnerRonda Compania Maritime, S.A.
FateSold, 1968
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
NameBinky
Owner Amicus SS Co.
FateScrapped, 1969
General characteristics [3]
Class & type
Tonnage
Displacement
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 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
Armament
General characteristics
Tonnage8,953  GRT (1962-1969)

SS Howard A. Kelly was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Howard Atwood Kelly, a famed surgical gynecologist and one of the "Big Four" founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Design

Like other Liberty ships, she was 441 feet (134 m) long and 57 feet (17 m) wide, carried 7,176  GRT of cargo and had a top speed of 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph). Most Liberty ships were named after prominent deceased Americans. [3]

Construction

Howard A. Kelly was laid down on 8 February 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 955, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 18 March 1943. [1] [2]

History

She was allocated to the A.L. Burbank & Co., Ltd., on 29 March 1943. [4]

On 2 November 1948, she was laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. On 27 Mayy 1949, she was sold to Actium SS Corp., and renamed Tainaron. [4] She was sold in November 1954, to Ronda Compania Maritime, S.A., reflagged in Liberia, and renamed Aktion. In 1960, while still owned by the same company, she was renamed, Olympos, and reflagged in Greece. In 1966, she was again flagged in Liberia, and renamed Olympian. In 1968, she was sold to Amicus SS Co., and renamed Binky. She was scrapped in Taiwan, in 1969. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 MARCOM.
  3. 1 2 Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. 1 2 MARAD.
  5. ↑ Sawyer & Mitchell 1985, pp. 42–43.

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