SS Henry L. Benning

	Liberty ship SS Henry L. Benning 22 March 1943
History
United States
Name	Henry L. Benning
Namesake	Henry L. Benning
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 946
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,071,165
Yard number	2096
Way number	0
Laid down	12 January 1943
Launched	22 February 1943
Sponsored by	Miss Ann A. Thoron
Completed	9 March 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKMX; ;
Fate	Laid up in reserve fleet, 5 February 1946, sold, 30 January 1951
United States
Owner	A. H. Bull Steamship Co.
Renamed	Dorothy; Emma, 27 October 1961;
Fate	Sold, 11 October 1962
India
Name	Nanak Jayanti
Owner	Jayanti Shipping Co.
Fate	Scrapped, December 1967
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 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	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;

NameHenry L. Benning

NamesakeHenry L. Benning

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorCosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.

SS Henry L. Benning was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Henry L. Benning, a senior officer of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. Benning also was a lawyer, legislator, and associate judge on the Georgia Supreme Court.

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Liberty ship SS Henry L. Benning 22 March 1943




United States
Name	Henry L. Benning
Namesake	Henry L. Benning
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 946
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland^[1]
Cost	$1,071,165^[2]
Yard number	2096
Way number	0
Laid down	12 January 1943
Launched	22 February 1943
Sponsored by	Miss Ann A. Thoron
Completed	9 March 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKMX ^[2]
Fate	Laid up in reserve fleet, 5 February 1946, sold, 30 January 1951


United States
Owner	A. H. Bull Steamship Co.
Renamed	Dorothy Emma, 27 October 1961
Fate	Sold, 11 October 1962


India
Name	Nanak Jayanti
Owner	Jayanti Shipping Co.
Fate	Scrapped, December 1967


General characteristics ^[3]
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 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	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