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SS Harriet Tubman
World War II Liberty ship of the United States
World War II Liberty ship of the United States
| Field | Value | ||||
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| section1 | {{Infobox ship/image | ||||
| image | Harriet Tubman (IMO 5143247) River Scheldt AS.1968.001.2436.jpg | ||||
| image_caption | Harriet Tubman on the river Scheldt | ||||
| section2 | {{Infobox ship/career | ||||
| country | United States | ||||
| flag | |||||
| name | Harriet Tubman | ||||
| namesake | Harriet Tubman | ||||
| builder | South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine | ||||
| yard_number | 3032 | ||||
| way_number | 6 | ||||
| laid_down | 19 April 1944 | ||||
| launched | 3 June 1944 | ||||
| acquired | 13 June 1944 | ||||
| homeport | Portland, Me | ||||
| fate | Scrapped in Houston, TX, 1973 | ||||
| section3 | {{Infobox ship/characteristics | ||||
| type | Liberty ship | ||||
| tonnage | |||||
| length | 441 ft | ||||
| beam | 56 ft | ||||
| draft | 27 ft | ||||
| propulsion | *Two oil-fired boilers | ||||
| *{{convert | 2500 | hp | 0 | abbr | on}} |
| speed | 11 kn | ||||
| capacity | 9,140 tons cargo | ||||
| complement | 41 | ||||
| armament | *1 × Stern-mounted 4 in deck gun |
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Call sign: WHRE
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Triple expansion steam engine
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Single screw
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2500 hp
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AA guns '*SS *Harriet Tubman''''' (MC contract 3032) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harriet Tubman, an African-American abolitionist and spy during the American Civil War, and was the first Liberty ship to be named for an African-American woman.
The ship was laid down by the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine, on 19 April 1944, then launched on 3 June 1944. Twenty-two members of Tubman's extended family attended the launch. Eva Stuart Northrup, Tubman's great-niece, christened the ship. The ship survived the war and remained in active service until June 1952. Laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet she would suffer the same fate as nearly all other Liberty ships; she was scrapped in 1973.
References
References
- [http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsH.html Mariners]
- [https://archive.org/details/HECROS1971AL/page/1327/mode/1up Lloyd's Register 1970-71]
- Larson, Kate Clifford. (2022). "Harriet Tubman: A Reference Guide to Her Life and Works". Rowman & Littlefield.
- (2010). "New England Shipbuilding Company, South Portland ME". shipbuildinghistory.com.
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