SS Anne Hutchinson
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 A Liberty ship at sea | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Anne Hutchinson |
| Namesake | Anne Hutchinson |
| Operator | Sudden and Christenson Steamship Company |
| Builder | Oregon Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 23 April 1942 |
| Launched | 31 May 1942 |
| Identification | 241814* Call sign: KEVQ |
| Fate | Torpedoed off South Africa 1942. Stern section sunk, bow section scrapped. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship |
| Displacement | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t)[1] |
| Length | |
| Beam | 57 ft (17 m)[1] |
| Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)[1] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1] |
| Range | 20,000 nmi (37,000 km; 23,000 mi) |
| Capacity | 10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT)[1] |
| Crew | 81[1] |
| Armament |
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SS Anne Hutchinson (MC hull number 238) was a Liberty ship built by the Oregon Shipbuilding Company of Portland, Oregon, and launched on 31 May 1942[2] The ship was named after the Anne Hutchinson, a 1600 Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritan.
The ship was operated by the Sudden and Christenson Steamship Company of San Francisco, under contract from the War Shipping Administration (WSA) during World War II. On 26 October 1942, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-504 off South Africa, in the Indian Ocean at position 33°07′S 28°02′E / 33.12°S 28.03°E.[3]
