SS Horace Binney

SS Horace Binney was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Horace Binney, an American lawyer, author, and public speaker who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives.

History
United States
Name: Horace Binney
Namesake: Horace Binney
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: American Export Lines, Inc.
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 62
Awarded: 14 March 1941
Builder: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost: $1,076,481[2]
Yard number: 2049
Way number: 8
Laid down: 5 July 1942
Launched: 25 August 1942
Sponsored by: Miss Bertha Joseph
Completed: 31 August 1942
Identification:
Fate: Mined, 8 May 1945
Status: Constructive Total Loss, sold for scrapping, 1 April 1948
General characteristics [3]
Class and type:
Tonnage:
Displacement:
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:
Armament:

Construction

Horace Binney was laid down on 5 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 62, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Miss Bertha Joseph, the secretary of Senator George L. P. Radcliffe of Maryland, and was launched on 25 August 1942.[1][2]

History

She was allocated to American Export Lines, Inc., on 31 August 1942. On 8 May 1945, she was mined off the coast of Dunkirk, France, at 51°12′N 02°27′E, and beached at Deal, England, where she broke in two. On 1 April 1948, she was sold to the Belgium company Etablisements Dohmen et Habets SA., and scrapped in Antwerp.[4]

References
  1. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards 2008.
  2. MARCOM.
  3. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  4. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  • Maritime Administration. "Horace Binney". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 4 March 2020.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "SS Horace Binney". Retrieved 4 March 2020.


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