SS John Harvey on fire on 2 December 1943, at Bari
History
United States
Name
John Harvey
Namesake
John Harvey
Operator
Agwilines Inc
Builder
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number
56
Way number
2
Laid down
6 December 1942
Launched
9 January 1943
Completed
19 January 1943
Fate
Bombed in Bari, 1943. Scrapped 1948.
General characteristics
Class and type
Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship
Displacement
14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1]
Length
441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) o/a
417 ft 9 in (127.33 m) p/p
427 ft (130 m) w/l[1]
Beam
57 ft (17 m)[1]
Draft
27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1]
Propulsion
Two oil-fired boilers
Triple-expansion steam engine
2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Single screw
Speed
11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1]
Range
20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)
Capacity
10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1]
Crew
81[1]
Armament
Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns
SS John Harvey was a U.S. World War II Liberty ship. This ship is best known for carrying a secret cargo of mustard gas and whose sinking by German aircraft in December 1943 at the port of Bari in south Italy caused an unintentional release of chemical weapons.
The John Harvey was built by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington, North Carolina, and launched on 9 January 1943. Her Maritime Commission Hull Number was 878, and she was rated as capable of carrying 504 soldiers. She was operated by Agwilines Inc.[2]
^ abcdefgDavies, James (2012). "Liberty Cargo Ships" (PDF). ww2ships.com. p. 23. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
^"North Carolina Shipbuilding". shipbuildinghistory.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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