SS Dwight L. Moody

History
United States
Name	Dwight L. Moody
Namesake	Dwight L. Moody
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1526
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$1,847,690
Yard number	8
Way number	2
Laid down	4 March 1943
Launched	28 June 1943
Completed	24 July 1943
Identification	Call Signal: KORS; ;
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 29 May 1946; Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 23 January 1950; Turned over to Texas, for use as artificial reef, 1 July 1975;
General characteristics
Class & type	Liberty ship; type EC2-S-C1, standard;
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT; 7,176 GRT;
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light); 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max);
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 Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania); 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	38–62 USMM; 21–40 USNAG;
Armament	Varied by ship; Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun; Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun; 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,; 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns;

NameDwight L. Moody

NamesakeDwight L. Moody

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorLykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

SS Dwight L. Moody was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Dwight L. Moody, evangelist, publisher, the founder of the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, now Northfield Mount Hermon School, the Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers.

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v t e MARCOM ships built by Jones Construction, Wainwright Shipyards, Panama City, Florida, during World War II
Type EC2-S-C1 ships "Liberty Ships"	E. Kirby Smith Newton D. Baker John Bascom William J. Bryan Joseph M. Medill Elihu Root John Hay Dwight L. Moody Peter Zenger Harriet Hosmer Duncan U. Fletcher Dolly Madison Robert Lansing Victor Herbert Julius Rosenwald Walter L. Fleming Salvador Brau Harold T. Andrews Russell Sage William W. Loring Minnie M. Fiske John W. Griffiths Augustus Saint-Gaudens John M. Brooke Rebecca Lukens Alanson B. Houghton Samuel G. French Thomas LeValley Josephine Shaw Lowell Richard V. Oulahan James H. Kimball Stephen Furdek Jean Ribaut LeBaron Russell Briggs Howard Gray H. H. Raymond T. A. Johnston M. Michael Edelstein William D. Bloxham Nick Stoner William E. Dodd J. H. Drummond William L. Watson John R. McQuigg Carl E. Ladd Pedro Menendez George Ade Edward K. Collins C. Francis Jenkins Raymond V. Ingersoll Benjamin F. Coston William P. Duval Stepas Darius Alexander E. Brown Chief Osceola Richard Halliburton Samuel G. Howe Granville S. Hall Stephen Smith Charles D. Walcott Art Young Charles H. Marshall Ransom A. Moore Soter Ortynsky Bjarne A. Lia Wendell L. Willkie
Type Z-EC2-S-C2 ships "Army tank transports"	Mary Ball John Barton Payne Frederic C. Howe William B. Wilson Sarah J. Hale Nathan B. Forrest Stephen R. Mallory Edgar E Clark
Type Z-EC2-S-C5 ships "Boxed aircraft transports"	Frederick E. Williamson Michael James Monohan Charles A. Draper Rafael R. Rivera James W. Wheeler Raymond Van Brogan William J. Riddle Dudley H. Thomas John L. McCarley Vernon S. Hood Edwin D. Howard Wesley W. Barrett Warren P. Marks Frank O. Peterson Barney Kirschbaum Mary Cullom Kimbro James G. Squires James F. Harrell Claude Kitchin Francis J. O'Gara Frank Flowers Edwin H. Duff Joseph V. Connolly Walter W. Schwenk Charles H. Cugle Robert F. Burns Edward Burton Ora Ellis
Type T1-M-BT2 ships Tonti-class gasoline tankers	Tancred Tandora Tannadice Tantallon Tanova Tannaquil

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1976
Shipwrecks	10 Jan: ARA Comandante General Zapiola January (unknown date): Kirk Pride 13 Feb: Oriental Ace 15 Feb: USS Otterstetter 20 Feb: Marie Elizabeth 26 Feb: Gustave Zédé 4 Mar: USS Magnet 23 Mar: INS Godavari 6 Apr: Dwight L. Moody 14 Apr: SAS Vrystaat 13 May: Christmas Seal 23 Jun: NEPCO 140 21 Jul: USS Chopper 20 Sep: HMS Fittleton 15 Oct: USS George K. MacKenzie 20 Oct: George Prince 25 Oct: USS Tigrone 27 Nov: Mona 15 Dec: Argo Merchant 17 Dec: Sansinena 20 Dec: Mecca 23 Dec: Sea Star December (unknown date): Grand Zenith
Other incidents	2 Jan: King Orry 1 Mar: Deep Sea Driller 6 Jun: Armorique 20 Aug: Morning Cloud 28 Aug: USS Voge 31 Aug: TCG Dumlupınar 20 Oct: Frosta 24 Dec: British Steel
1975 1977

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United States
Name	Dwight L. Moody
Namesake	Dwight L. Moody
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1526
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$1,847,690^[1]
Yard number	8
Way number	2
Laid down	4 March 1943
Launched	28 June 1943
Completed	24 July 1943
Identification	Call Signal: KORS ^[1]
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 29 May 1946 Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 23 January 1950 Turned over to Texas, for use as artificial reef, 1 July 1975


General characteristics ^[2]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
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 Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) 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	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns