SS Josiah Parker

	Josiah Parker was a standard liberty ship, similar to SS John W. Brown, seen here.
History
Name:	Josiah Parker
Namesake:	Josiah Parker
Owner:	War Shipping Administration[1]
Port of registry:	New Orleans
Builder:	Delta Shipbuilding Co, New Orleans
Yard number:	44[2]
Way number:	8[2]
Laid down:	16 July 1942
Launched:	26 September 1942
Completed:	21 October 1942
Status:	scrapped 1964
General characteristics
Class and type:	Liberty ship; type EC2-S-C1, standard;
Tonnage:	10,865 LT DWT; 7,176 GRT;
Length:	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa; 416 feet (127 m) pp; 427 feet (130 m) lwl;
Beam:	57 feet (17 m)
Height:	34 ft 8 in (10.57 m)
Draft:	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Propulsion:	1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed:	11.5 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);
Crew:	38–62 USMM; 21–40 USNAG;
Armament:	Varied by ship; Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun; Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun; 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,; 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns;

SS Josiah Parker was a Liberty Ship built during World War II by Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, an EC2-S-C1 Type.[3] The ship was named for Josiah Parker (1751 – 1810), an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia in the First through Sixth United States Congresses.

The SS Josiah Parker's Official Number was 242368. It was owned by the United States War Shipping Administration. Its MC Hull No. was 0132.[4] It was laid down on July 16, 1942 and launched September 26, 1942.[5]

Convoy UGS-37, 1944

SS Josiah Parker was one of the 37 ships carrying United States Navy Armed Guards in Convoy UGS-37, April 11-12, 1944.

"They were some 35 miles east of Algiers near midnight of April 11 and 12 when an undetermined number of enemy planes attacked. No ship carrying Armed Guards was hit by the enemy, but several ships received minor damage from the gunfire of other ships. Practically all ships opened fire and the amount of flak falling was quite heavy ... The Josiah Parker reported an explosion on one of the escorts and indicated that she too was hit by shell fragments."[6]

The SS Josiah Parker was sold to private interests in 1947 and scrapped in 1964.[4]

References

Browning, pp. 467–68.
Colton, Tim. "Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans LA". Shipbuildinghistory.com. The Colton Company. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
"Liberty ships built by Delta Shipbuilding and J. A. Jones Construction during World War II". Retrieved 2013-11-10.
"Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II". Retrieved 2013-11-10.
"Delta Shipbuilding, New Orleans LA". Retrieved 2013-11-10.
Office of Naval Operations. "Chapter VIII, Six Mediterranean Convoys". HyperWar: US Naval Admin in WW II: History of the Naval Armed Guard Afloat.

External links

Deka (ex- Epinal, ex- Josiah Parker) at unknown date and location between December 1963 and May 1964

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[Browning-1] Browning, pp. 467–68.

[Colton-2] Colton, Tim. "Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans LA". Shipbuildinghistory.com. The Colton Company. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

[3] "Liberty ships built by Delta Shipbuilding and J. A. Jones Construction during World War II". Retrieved 2013-11-10.

[deltashipbuilding-4] "Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II". Retrieved 2013-11-10.

[5] "Delta Shipbuilding, New Orleans LA". Retrieved 2013-11-10.

[6] Office of Naval Operations. "Chapter VIII, Six Mediterranean Convoys". HyperWar: US Naval Admin in WW II: History of the Naval Armed Guard Afloat.