SS Cardinal Gibbons
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- Sword Line Inc. 1942
- Marine Transport Lines 1943
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 United States | |
| Name | Cardinal Gibbons |
| Namesake | Cardinal Gibbons |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
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| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 920 |
| Awarded | 1 January 1942 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,057,253[2] |
| Yard number | 2070 |
| Way number | 15 |
| Laid down | 8 September 1942 |
| Launched | 10 October 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. N.J. Nelligan |
| Completed | 23 October 1942 |
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| Length | |
| 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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SS Cardinal Gibbons was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Cardinal Gibbons, an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Apostolic Vicar of North Carolina from 1868 to 1872, Bishop of Richmond from 1872 to 1877, and as ninth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1877 until his death in 1921. Gibbons was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1886.
Cardinal Gibbons was laid down on 8 September 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 920, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. N.J. Nelligan, the sister-in-law of Monsignor Nelligan of the Baltimore Cathedral, and was launched on 10 October 1942.[1][2]