SS Harold A. Jordan
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United States | |
Name | Harold A. Jordan |
Namesake | |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2514 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $995,807[1] |
Yard number | 78 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 30 November 1944 |
Launched | 6 January 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William H. Jordan |
Completed | 17 January 1945 |
Identification | |
Fate | Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 4 March 1948 |
Status | Sold for scrapping, 30 October 1964, withdrawn from fleet, 31 December 1964 |
General characteristics [3] | |
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Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Harold A. Jordan was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after , a Merchant seaman killed on the cargo ship , 17 June 1942, when she was struck and sunk by a torpedo from German submarine U-129.[4]
Construction[]
Harold A. Jordan was laid down on 30 November 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2514, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. William H. Jordan, the mother of the namesake, and she was launched on 6 January 1945.[2][1]
History[]
She was allocated to the , on 17 January 1945. On 26 September 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping, 30 October 1954, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $48,129.79. She was removed from the fleet, 31 December 1964.[5]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Harold A. Jordan". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "SS Harold A. Jordan". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "SS Millinocket". www.Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1945 ships
- Wilmington Reserve Fleet