SS Jared Ingersoll
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NameJared Ingersoll
NamesakeJared Ingersoll
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorAmerican West African Line, Inc.
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| Name | Jared Ingersoll |
| Namesake | Jared Ingersoll |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | American West African Line, Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 60 |
| Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,074,809[2] |
| Yard number | 2047 |
| Way number | 1 |
| Laid down | 24 June 1942 |
| Launched | 15 August 1942 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. B.N. Ward |
| Completed | 25 August 1942 |
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| 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 Jared Ingersoll was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Jared Ingersoll, an American Founding Father, lawyer, and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a signatory of the Constitution of the United States.
Jared Ingersoll was laid down on 24 June 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 60, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. B.N. Ward, the wife of Commander Ward, the Assistant to the Industrial Manager, Fifth Naval District, Baltimore, and was launched on 15 August 1942.[1][2]