SS Virginia Dare launched at Wilmington, North Carolina, February 3, 1942
History
United States
Name
Virginia Dare
Namesake
Virginia Dare
Builder
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina
Yard number
3
Way number
3
Laid down
28 May 1941
Launched
3 February 1942
Out of service
6 March 1944
Honors and awards
1 × battle star
Fate
Scrapped 1948
General characteristics
Type
Liberty ship
Tonnage
7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length
441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam
56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft
27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Propulsion
Two oil-fired boilers
Triple expansion steam engine
Single screw
2,500 hp (1,864 kW)
Speed
11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Capacity
9,140 tons cargo
Complement
41
Armament
1 × Stern-mounted 4 in (100 mm) deck gun
AA guns
SS Virginia Dare (MC contract 147) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, who disappeared along with the rest of the Roanoke Colony.
The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on 28 May 1941, then launched on 3 February 1942.[1] She was operated by the South Atlantic Steamship Line for the War Shipping Administration.[2]Virginia Dare was operated by South Atlantic Steamship Lines under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. In September 1942 Greene was part of the heavily escorted Arctic Convoy PQ 18 when her crew was credited with shooting down seven German aircraft and received the Gallant Ship Citation.[3]
While operating off of Bizerte, Tunisia she struck a mine and had to be beached.[4] Seven days later she broke in half. In 1948 she was scrapped by an Italian salvage company.[5]
^"Virginia Dare". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
^"Hearing on 04/18/2007: H.R. 23, the "Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007"". House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
^"Chronological List of U.S. Ships Sunk or Damaged during 1944". American Merchant Marine at War. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
^"Virginia Dare". MARAD Vessel History Database. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
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1 × battle star