SS John Miller
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United States | |
Name | John Miller |
Namesake | John Miller |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2515 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $999,281[1] |
Yard number | 79 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 7 December 1944 |
Launched | 15 January 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Margie Knight |
Completed | 24 January 1945 |
Identification | |
Fate | Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 23 August 1949 |
Status | Sold for scrapping, 3 December 1970, withdrawn from fleet, 17 February 1971 |
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Length | |
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 John Miller was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Miller, a Merchant seaman killed on the Liberty ship SS Samuel Heintzelman, 9 July 1943, when she was struck and sunk by a torpedo from German submarine U-511.[4]
Construction[]
John Miller was laid down on 7 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2515, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Margie Knight, the sister of the namesake, and she was launched on 15 January 1945.[2][1]
History[]
She was allocated to the , on 15 January 1945. On 23 August 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. She was sold for scrapping, 3 December 1970, to , for $40,100. She was removed from the fleet, 17 February 1971.[5]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "John Miller". 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 John Miller". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "SS Samuel Heintzelman". www.Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Jacksonville, Florida
- 1945 ships
- Beaumont Reserve Fleet