SS James J. Pettigrew

History
United States
Name	James J. Pettigrew
Namesake	J. Johnston Pettigrew
Builder	North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number	52
Way number	7
Laid down	24 November 1942
Launched	24 December 1942
Honors and; awards	1 × battle star
Fate	scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers; Triple expansion steam engine; Single screw; 2,500 hp (1,864 kW);
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun; AA guns;

SS James J. Pettigrew (MC contract 874) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after J. Johnston Pettigrew, a Confederate general from North Carolina killed during the American Civil War.

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 24, 1942, and launched on December 24, 1942.^[1] Pettigrew was chartered to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., by the War Shipping Administration until entering the James River Fleet of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in January 1946. At the time she required more than $100,000 of repairs. The vessel was sold for scrap in 1967.^[2]

Awards[]

Pettigrew's Naval Armed Guard detachment received one battle star for World War II service.^[3] On May 11, 1944 while part of convoy UGS-40 Pettigrew came under heavy air attack. The convoy managed to fight off an attack that included bombs, torpedoes, and glide bombs without casualties.^[4]

References[]

^ "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
^ "James J. Pettigrew". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
^ "U.S. Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "G to M"". American Merchant Marine at War. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
^ Mackenzie J. Gregory. "Convoy UGS-40, under extreme enemy air attack. May 11th. 1944". Ahoy - Mac's Web Log. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

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[1] "North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 2019-01-05.

[2] "James J. Pettigrew". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

[3] "U.S. Merchant Marine Ships whose Naval Armed Guard crews earned "Battle Stars" in World War II - Ships with names "G to M"". American Merchant Marine at War. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

[4] Mackenzie J. Gregory. "Convoy UGS-40, under extreme enemy air attack. May 11th. 1944". Ahoy - Mac's Web Log. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

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History

United States
Name	James J. Pettigrew
Namesake	J. Johnston Pettigrew
Builder	North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number	52
Way number	7
Laid down	24 November 1942
Launched	24 December 1942
Honors and awards	1 × battle star
Fate	scrapped 1960
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion	Two oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine Single screw 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun AA guns

SS James J. Pettigrew

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