SS George Sharswood

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NameGeorge Sharswood
NamesakeGeorge Sharswood
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorDichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.
Liberty ship SS George Sharswood, 22 March 1943
History
United States
NameGeorge Sharswood
NamesakeGeorge Sharswood
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorDichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc.
Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 945
Awarded30 January 1942
BuilderBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost$1,072,492[2]
Yard number2095
Way number15
Laid down11 January 1943
Launched19 February 1943
Sponsored byMrs. John L. Roy
Completed6 March 1943
Identification
FateSold, 2 July 1947
United States
NameNew Rochelle Trails
OwnerEast Harbor Trading Corp.
FateSold, 3 August 1950
United States
NameNorth Light
OwnerMerchants SS Corp.
FateSold, January 1954
United States
NameNorth Light
OwnerDelphi Steamship Co.
FateSold, April 1955
United States
NameWillamette Trader
Owner
FateExchanged and laid up in reserve fleet, 24 October 1961, sold for scrap 1 January 1962
General characteristics [3]
Class & type
Tonnage
Displacement
Length
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 416 feet (127 m) pp
  • 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam57 feet (17 m)
Draft27 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
Speed11.5 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

SS George Sharswood was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after George Sharswood, was an American politician and judge. He served as a Whig member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1837 to 1838 and 1842 to 1843. He served on the select council for Philadelphia from 1839 to 1840, as a district judge in Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1867, as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1868 to 1879 and as chief justice from 1879 to 1882. He was a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and served as Dean from 1852 to 1868.

George Sharswood was laid down on 11 January 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 945, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. John L. Roy, and launched on 19 February 1943.[1][2][4]

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