SS Lunsford Richardson
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Name: | Lunsford Richardson |
Namesake: | Lunsford Richardson |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2374 |
Builder: | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost: | $1,031,122[1] |
Yard number: | 159 |
Way number: | 1 |
Laid down: | 2 August 1944 |
Launched: | 9 September 1944 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. E.W. Stetson |
Completed: | 22 September 1944 |
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Fate: | Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 15 April 1948 |
Status: | Sold for scrapping, 12 April 1961 |
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Tonnage: | 7,176 gross register tons (GRT) |
Displacement: | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max) |
Length: | 441 ft 6 in (135 m) |
Beam: | 56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m) |
Draft: | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h) |
Capacity: | 10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Complement: | 41 |
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SS Lunsford Richardson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Lunsford Richardson, a pharmacist and founder of the Vick Chemical Company.
Construction
Lunsford Richardson was laid down on 2 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2374, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. E.W. Stetson, and launched on 9 September 1944.[3][1]
History
She was allocated to William J. Rountree & Company, on 22 September 1944. On 11 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 12 April 1961, she was sold for $51,515, to Northern Metal Company, for scrapping. She was removed from the fleet on 21 April 1961.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MARCOM.
- ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ↑ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
- ↑ Liberty Ships.
- ↑ MARAD.
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