SS Samuel Johnston information

History
United States
Name	Samuel Johnston
Namesake	Samuel Johnston
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Eastern Steamship Co.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 46
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,046,847
Yard number	2033
Way number	7
Laid down	14 April 1942
Launched	14 June 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Elaine Trimble
Completed	30 June 1942
Identification	Call sign: KFOV; ;
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 27 September 1947; Sold for scrapping, 26 April 1967;
General characteristics
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;
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey); 1 × screw propeller;
Speed	11.5 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 Samuel Johnston was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Samuel Johnston, an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Chowan County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina in both the Continental Congress and the United States Senate, and was the sixth Governor of North Carolina.

^ ^a ^b MARCOM.
^ Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
^ Davies 2004, p. 23.

[FOOTNOTEMARCOM-1] MARCOM.

[FOOTNOTEBethlehem-Fairfield_Shipyards2008-2] Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.

[FOOTNOTEDavies200423-3] Davies 2004, p. 23.

SS Samuel Johnston information

and 20 Related for: SS Samuel Johnston information

SS Samuel Johnston

Sam Johnston

DSV Limiting Factor

SS Samuel Chase

List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes

SS United States

SS Edmund Fitzgerald

List of last surviving people suspected of participation in Nazi war crimes

Samuel Stevens Sands

USMS North Star III

The captain goes down with the ship

USS Apogon

Pepsin

RMS Empress of Asia

May 31

List of maritime disasters in World War II

1904 in Ireland

Samuel Gibbs French

Hapa

List of friendly fire incidents

History

United States
Name	Samuel Johnston
Namesake	Samuel Johnston
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Eastern Steamship Co.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 46
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland^[2]
Cost	$1,046,847^[1]
Yard number	2033
Way number	7
Laid down	14 April 1942
Launched	14 June 1942
Sponsored by	Miss Elaine Trimble
Completed	30 June 1942
Identification	Call sign: KFOV ^[1]
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 27 September 1947 Sold for scrapping, 26 April 1967
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
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 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