SS LeBaron Russell Briggs

History
United States
Name	LeBaron Russell Briggs
Namesake	LeBaron Russell Briggs
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	R.A. Nichol & Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2301
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$1,001,224
Yard number	42
Way number	5
Laid down	29 March 1944
Launched	12 May 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. George R. Smith
Completed	31 May 1944
Identification	Call Signal: WKMN; ;
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 5 March 1948; Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 26 September 1957; Transferred to US Navy, 30 July 1970; Scuttled with load of US Army nerve gas, 18 August 1970;
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 Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co., Portland, Oregon); 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;

NameLeBaron Russell Briggs

NamesakeLeBaron Russell Briggs

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorR.A. Nichol & Company

SS LeBaron Russell Briggs was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after LeBaron Russell Briggs, the first Dean of Men at Harvard College and the president of Radcliffe College.

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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 1970
Shipwrecks	5 Jan: Badger State 10 Jan: Elda 21 Jan: RNLB Duchess of Kent 27 Jan: Kolasin/ex-Pierre L'Enfant 4 Feb: Arrow 10 Feb: TCD Foudre 4 Mar: Eurydice 6 Mar: USS Young 20 Mar: USS Cony 27 Mar: USS Eaton 1 Apr: Glen Strathallan 6 Apr: London Valour 12 Apr: Kalymnos 20 Apr: Patrick Morris 16 May: El Qaher May (unknown date): USS Tweedy 11 Jun: USS Gyatt 17 Jun: USS Waller 18 Jun: USS Moray 19 Jun: USS Tunny 26 Jun: USS Conway 14 Jul Eastcliffe Hall 20 Jul Fulvia 21 Jul Seatrain Washington 1 Aug: Christena 8 Aug: USS Segundo 18 Aug: LeBaron Russell Briggs 20 Aug: David E. Hughes 9 Sep: Irving Whale 18 Sep: USS Soley 1 Oct: USS Atlanta 17 Nov: USS Ericsson 19 Nov: Marites, USS John W. Weeks 23 Nov: Julep 3 Dec: USS Bluegill Unknown date: YTL-17
Other incidents	29 Jan: USS Nathanael Greene 14 Mar: Columbia Eagle 1 Jul: Ancona August (unknown date): Manhattan 14 Sep: Galillee 9 Nov: HMS Ark Royal Dec (unknown date) Khalda
1969 1971

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United States
Name	LeBaron Russell Briggs
Namesake	LeBaron Russell Briggs
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	R.A. Nichol & Company
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2301
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost	$1,001,224^[1]
Yard number	42
Way number	5
Laid down	29 March 1944
Launched	12 May 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. George R. Smith
Completed	31 May 1944
Identification	Call Signal: WKMN ^[1]
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 5 March 1948 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group, 26 September 1957 Transferred to US Navy, 30 July 1970 Scuttled with load of US Army nerve gas, 18 August 1970


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 Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co., Portland, Oregon) 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