SS Jared Ingersoll
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Name | Jared Ingersoll |
Namesake | Jared Ingersoll |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
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Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 60 |
Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[2] |
Cost | $1,074,809[1] |
Yard number | 2047 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 24 June 1942 |
Launched | 15 August 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. B.N. Ward |
Completed | 25 August 1942 |
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Fate | Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 13 January 1947 |
Status | Sold for scrapping, 7 July 1964, withdrawn from fleet, 4 August 1962 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Jared Ingersoll was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jared Ingersoll, an American lawyer and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signatory of the Constitution of the United States.
Construction[]
Jared Ingersoll was laid down on 24 June 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 60, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. B.N. Ward, the wife of Commander Ward, the Assistant to the Industrial Manager, Fifth Naval District, Baltimore, and was launched on 15 August 1942.[2][1]
History[]
She was allocated to , on 25 August 1942. On 13 January 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping on 7 July 1964, to , for $46,600. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 4 August 1964.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Jared Ingersoll". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- "SS Jared Ingersoll". Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Baltimore
- 1942 ships
- Wilmington Reserve Fleet