SS Victor Herbert
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Name: | Victor Herbert |
Namesake: | Victor Herbert |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | Marine Transport Lines, Inc. |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1532 |
Builder: | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost: | $1,846,347[1] |
Yard number: | 14 |
Way number: | 2 |
Laid down: | 30 June 1943 |
Launched: | 22 August 1943 |
Completed: | 15 September 1943 |
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Fate: | Transferred to France |
Status: | Scrapped 1963 |
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Tonnage: | 7,176 GRT |
Displacement: | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max) |
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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 Victor Herbert was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Victor Herbert, a composer, conductor, and founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
Construction
Victor Herbert was laid down on 30 June 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1532, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 22 August 1943.[3][1]
History
She was allocated to Marine Transport Lines, Inc., on 15 September 1943. In 1946, she was transferred to France. She was scrapped in 1963.[4][3]
References
- 1 2 3 MARCOM.
- ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- 1 2 J.A. Panama City 2010.
- ↑ Liberty Ships.
Bibliography
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- "SS Victor Herbert". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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