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SS Junius SmithUnited States
NameJunius Smith
NamesakeJunius Smith
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorCosmopolitan Shipping Company
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2505
Awarded23 April 1943
BuilderSt. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2]
Cost$964,440[1]
Yard number69
Way number3
Laid down11 October 1944
Launched14 November 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Henry A. Davis, Jr.
Completed22 November 1944
Identification
  • Call sign: KYUT
  • [1]
Fate
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 14 April 1949
  • Sold for scrapping, 30 November 1965, withdrawn from fleet, 14 January 1966
General characteristics [3]
Class and type
  • Liberty ship
  • type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage
  • 10,865 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GRT
Displacement
  • 3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light)
  • 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
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)
Installed power
  • 2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa)
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 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 Junius Smith was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Junius Smith, an American lawyer that founded the British and American Steam Navigation Company, who is often considered the "Father of the Atlantic Liner".

  1. ^ a b MARCOM.
  2. ^ St. John's River SBC 2010.
  3. ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.

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