SS Louis D. Brandeis

	Liberty ship Louis D. Brandeis, 3 April 1943
History
United States
Name	Louis D. Brandeis
Namesake	Louis D. Brandeis
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 943
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,071,791
Yard number	2093
Way number	12
Laid down	31 December 1942
Launched	20 February 1943
Completed	8 March 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKAW; ;
Fate	Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 18 February 1948, sold for scrap, 30 October 1964
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 Harrisburg Machinery Corp., Harrisburg, 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;

NameLouis D. Brandeis

NamesakeLouis D. Brandeis

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorMoore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

SS Louis D. Brandeis was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Louis D. Brandeis, an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939.

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Liberty ship Louis D. Brandeis, 3 April 1943




United States
Name	Louis D. Brandeis
Namesake	Louis D. Brandeis
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 943
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland^[1]
Cost	$1,071,791^[2]
Yard number	2093
Way number	12
Laid down	31 December 1942
Launched	20 February 1943
Completed	8 March 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKAW ^[2]
Fate	Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 18 February 1948, sold for scrap, 30 October 1964


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 Harrisburg Machinery Corp., Harrisburg, 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