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History
SS Benjamin Ide WheelerUnited States
NameBenjamin Ide Wheeler
NamesakeBenjamin Ide Wheeler
OwnerUnited States Maritime Commission (USMC)
Builder
  • California Shipbuilding Corp.
  • Los Angeles, California
Laid down28 October 1942
Launched27 Novovmber 1942
Completed17 Decmebr 1942
FateScrpped 1948 as sinking and refloated
General characteristics
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage7,000 LT DWT
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,
  • 1 × screw propeller
Speed11.5 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 Benjamin Ide Wheeler was a Liberty ship, a cargo ship during World War II. Built by California Shipbuilding Corporation (Calship) of Los Angeles for the United States Maritime Commission (USMC). Benjamin Ide Wheeler was Calship's 100th ship built. She was sponsored and christened by Mrs. Robert Gordon Sproul, wife of Robert Gordon Sproul President of the University of California system.[1] She was named after Benjamin Ide Wheeler President of the University of California from 1899 to 1919.[2] Her Hull # was 675, she was type EC2-S-C1 ship, built in 50 days as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Her keel was laid down on 28 October 1942, launched on 27 November 1942 and delivered on 17 December 1942. She was assigned to American-Hawaiian Steamship Company of San Francisco for merchant operation by the War Shipping Administration (WSA).[3]

  1. ^ The Log, Volume 37, page 27, Dec. 1944
  2. ^ Benjamin Ide Wheeler. Columbia Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ shipbuildinghistory.com, merchant ships, liberty ships

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