SS Abner Doubleday

The SS John W. Brown is one of only two surviving operational Liberty ships. The SS Abner Doubleday was identical.
History
United States
Name	Abner Doubleday
Namesake	Abner Doubleday
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding
Laid down	25 October 1942
Launched	20 November 1942
Identification	Maritime Commission hull number 598
Fate	Scrapped 1968
General characteristics
Class and type	Cargo ship
Displacement	14,245 long tons (14,474 t)
Length	135 m (441 ft 6 in)
Beam	17.3 m (56 ft 10.75 in)
Draft	8.5 m (27 ft 9.25 in)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers, triple-expansion steam engine, single screw, 2,500 horsepower (1,864 kW)
Speed	11 to 11.5 knots (20 to 21 km/h)
Range	23,000 miles (37,000 km)
Capacity	10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)
Complement	41 men
Armament	Stern-mounted 4-in (102 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns

The SS Abner Doubleday was a liberty ship built during World War II. The ship was named after Abner Doubleday, the Brigadier General of the American Civil War. Her keel was laid down on 25 October 1942 and she launched 20 November 1942. Abner Doubleday was scrapped in 1968. The photo is of the identical ship the SS John W. Brown which is docked in Baltimore. There are only two liberty ships left, the SS John W. Brown and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco.

References[]

• Elphick, Peter. Liberty: The Ships that Won the War. Naval Institute Press, 2006. ISBN 1-59114-451-5

External links[]

• Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II
• Links to Liberty Ship information
• Ships Sunk or Damaged during World War II
• Ships built at Oregon Shipbuilding

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