SS Richard Henry Lee

History
United States
Name	Richard Henry Lee
Namesake	Richard Henry Lee
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Calmar Steamship Corporation
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 18
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,397,852
Yard number	2005
Way number	5
Laid down	15 July 1941
Launched	6 December 1941
Completed	20 February 1942
Identification	Call sign: KAXU; ;
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 6 July 1948; Sold for scrapping, 20 July 1965, withdrawn from fleet, 20 August 1965;
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;

NameRichard Henry Lee

NamesakeRichard Henry Lee

OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)

OperatorCalmar Steamship Corporation

SS Richard Henry Lee was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Richard Henry Lee, an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States senator from Virginia, from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as the second President pro tempore of the upper house.

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v t e Richard Henry Lee
United States Senator from Virginia, 1789-1792 (president pro tempore, 1792) Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774, 1776, 1784-1787 (president, 1784-85) Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785 Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-1776
Founding of the United States	Leedstown Resolutions Virginia Association (co-author) Continental Association (1774, proposed, signed) Petition to the King Lee Resolution Declaration of Independence (signed) Articles of Confederation (signed) Judiciary Act of 1789
Homes	Stratford Hall Chantilly
Namesakes	USS Lee SS Richard Henry Lee
Depictions	Declaration of Independence (1938 film) 1776 (1969 musical, 1972 film)
Family	Thomas Jesse Lee (son) Ludwell Lee (son) Samuel Phillips Lee (grandson) Thomas Lee (father) Hannah Harrison Ludwell (mother) Hannah Ludwell Lee (sister) Thomas Ludwell Lee (brother) Francis Lightfoot Lee (brother) William Lee (brother) Arthur Lee (brother) Richard Lee II (grandfather) Laetitia Corbin Lee (grandmother)
Related	Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Mississippi Land Company Federal Farmer

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United States
Name	Richard Henry Lee
Namesake	Richard Henry Lee
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Calmar Steamship Corporation
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 18
Awarded	14 March 1941
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland^[1]
Cost	$1,397,852^[2]
Yard number	2005
Way number	5
Laid down	15 July 1941
Launched	6 December 1941
Completed	20 February 1942
Identification	Call sign: KAXU ^[2]
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 6 July 1948 Sold for scrapping, 20 July 1965, withdrawn from fleet, 20 August 1965


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