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SS James Longstreet before her last and final voyage
History
SS James LongstreetUnited States
NameJames Longstreet
NamesakeJames Longstreet
OperatorInternational Freighting Corporation
BuilderTodd Houston Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas
Cost$1,833,400[5]
Yard number18[3]
Laid down24 August 1942[4]
Launched31 October 1942[2]
Out of serviceDamaged by grounding in 1943 and written off
Identification
  • Code letters KHKT[1]
Fate
  • Acquired by the Navy in 1944
  • Used as a target until 1970
  • Hulk sunk in 1996
General characteristics
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage7,000 tons deadweight
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 James Longstreet (Hull Number 112) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. Named after the Confederate general James Longstreet, she entered service in 1942, but was wrecked in a storm on 26 October 1943 and was subsequently used as a target hulk by the United States Navy.

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