SS Bernard Carter
SS Bernard Carter was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Bernard Carter, a lawyer, professor, and politician from Maryland. Carter was corporate attorney in Baltimore and a professor at the University of Maryland.[4]
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Name: | Bernard Carter |
Namesake: | Bernard Carter |
Owner: | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator: | American South African Line, Inc. |
Ordered: | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 55 |
Awarded: | 14 March 1941 |
Builder: | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost: | $1,086,055[2] |
Yard number: | 2042 |
Way number: | 6 |
Laid down: | 6 June 1942 |
Launched: | 29 July 1942 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. C.E. Walsh Jr. |
Completed: | 8 August 1942 |
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Fate: | Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 1 June 1946 |
Status: | Sold for scrapping, 18 September 1958, withdrawn from fleet, 27 January 1960 |
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Beam: | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft: | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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Construction
Bernard Carter was laid down on 6 June 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 55, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. C.E. Walsh Jr., the wife of the chief of the procurement division of MARCOM in Washington DC, and was launched on 29 July 1942.[1][2]
History
She was allocated to American South African Line, Inc., on 8 August 1942. On 1 June 1946, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, with approximately $100,000 in damage to her bottom. She was sold for scrapping on 18 September 1958, to Bethlehem Steel Co., for $76,191. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 27 January 1960.[4]
References
- Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
- MARCOM.
- Davies 2004, p. 23.
- MARAD.
Bibliography
- "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Bernard Carter". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 2 March 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "SS Bernard Carter". Retrieved 2 March 2020.