SS Ransom A. Moore
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Name | Ransom A. Moore |
Namesake | Ransom A. Moore |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2330 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $871,631[1] |
Yard number | 71 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 18 October 1944 |
Launched | 21 November 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Emmett Assenheimer |
Completed | 30 November 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas, 10 May 1952 |
Status | Sold for scrapping, 31 January 1961, withdrawn from the fleet, 26 July 1961 |
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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 Ransom A. Moore was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Ransom A. Moore, an American agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Construction[]
Ransom A. Moore was laid down on 18 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2330, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Emmett Assenheimer, the wife of the director of Procurement and Expediting, JAJCC, and launched on 21 November 1944.[3][1]
History[]
She was allocated to , 30 November 1944. On 1 October 1948, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas.[4]
She was sold for scrapping, 15 March 1970, to , for $41,280. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 15 June 1970.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Maritime Administration. "Ransom A. Moore". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- "SS Ransom A. Moore". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Liberty ships
- Ships built in Panama City, Florida
- 1944 ships
- Beaumont Reserve Fleet