SS Howell E. Jackson

SS Howell E. Jackson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Howell E. Jackson, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a United States Senator from Tennessee.

History
United States
Name: Howell E. Jackson
Namesake: Howell E. Jackson
Owner: War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator: Marine Transport Line
Ordered: as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1498
Builder: J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost: $1.851.609[1]
Yard number: 114
Way number: 4
Laid down: 22 May 1943
Launched: 6 September 1943
Sponsored by: Nobie Ramspeck
Completed: 25 September 1943
Identification:
Fate: Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 7 June 1948
Status: Sold for scrapping, 9 August 1962
General characteristics [2]
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 General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio)
  • 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

Howell E. Jackson was laid down on 22 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1498, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia;[3] sponsored by Nobie Ramspeck,[4][1] wife of House Majority Whip Robert Ramspeck, and launched on 6 September 1943.[3]

History

She was allocated to Marine Transport Line, on 25 September 1943. On 7 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 9 August 1962, she was sold to North American Smelting Company, for $45,025, for scrapping, she was delivered on 29 August 1962.[5][6]

References
  1. MARCOM.
  2. Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. J.A. Brunswick 2010.
  4. Grave 2003.
  5. Liberty Ships.
  6. MARAD.

Bibliography
  • "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "Howell E. Jackson". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 October 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "Robert C. Word Ramspeck". 24 January 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  • "SS Howell E. Jackson". Retrieved 5 November 2017.


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