SS Woodbridge N. Ferris
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Name
- Bushrod Washington, before 14 October 1942
- Woodbridge N. Ferris, renamed 14 October 1942
Namesake
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorCalmar Steamship Corp.
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| Namesake | |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Calmar Steamship Corp. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 931 |
| Awarded | 30 January 1942 |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
| Cost | $1,077,871[2] |
| Yard number | 2081 |
| Way number | 12 |
| Laid down | 2 December 1942 |
| Launched | 28 December 1942 |
| Completed | 15 January 1943 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 6 December 1946, sold and renamed 18 March 1965 |
| Owner | Zidell Explorations |
| Renamed | Twin Harbor |
| Fate | Scrapped 2010 |
| Notes | Ship used in lighter service |
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| Length | |
| 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 Woodbridge N. Ferris was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Woodbridge N. Ferris, an American educator from Spencer, New York, who served as the 28th governor of Michigan and in the United States Senate as a Democrat. He was the founder and namesake of Ferris State University.
Woodbridge N. Ferris was laid down on 12 December 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 931, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 28 December 1942.[1][2]