SS Horace Binney

History
United States
Name	Horace Binney
Namesake	Horace Binney
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 62
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[2]
Cost	$1,076,481[1]
Yard number	2049
Way number	8
Laid down	5 July 1942
Launched	25 August 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Bertha Joseph
Completed	31 August 1942
Identification	Call sign: KGHH [1]
Fate	Mined, 8 May 1945
Status	Constructive Total Loss, sold for scrapping, 1 April 1948
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 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)
Complement	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 Horace Binney was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Horace Binney, an American lawyer, author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives.

Construction[]

Horace Binney was laid down on 5 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 62, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Miss Bertha Joseph, the secretary of Senator George L. P. Radcliffe of Maryland, and was launched on 25 August 1942.^[2][1]

History[]

She was allocated to , on 31 August 1942. On 8 May 1945, she was mined off the coast of Dunkirk, France, at

51°12′N 02°27′E / 51.200°N 2.450°E / 51.200; 2.450Coordinates: 51°12′N 02°27′E / 51.200°N 2.450°E / 51.200; 2.450, and beached at Deal, England, where she broke in two. On 1 April 1948, she was sold to the Belgium company , and scrapped in Antwerp.^[4]

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