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SS John M. Brooke was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Mercer Brooke, an early graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he perfected a "deep-sea sounding device", which was instrumental in the creation of the Transatlantic Cable. In 1861, he resigned his commission in the US Navy and joined the Confederate Navy where he was involved with the conversion of the ironclad CSS Virginia, the development of a new rifled naval gun, the Brooke rifle, and the establishment of the Confederate States Naval Academy.

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dbo:abstract SS John M. Brooke was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Mercer Brooke, an early graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he perfected a "deep-sea sounding device", which was instrumental in the creation of the Transatlantic Cable. In 1861, he resigned his commission in the US Navy and joined the Confederate Navy where he was involved with the conversion of the ironclad CSS Virginia, the development of a new rifled naval gun, the Brooke rifle, and the establishment of the Confederate States Naval Academy. (en)
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dbo:country dbr:United_States
dbo:layingDown 1943-12-30 (xsd:date)
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dbo:shipLaunch 1944-02-24 (xsd:date)
dbo:status Scrapped, 1968 *Sold for commercial use, 14 February 1947 *Laid up inNational Defense Reserve Fleet,James River Group,Lee Hall, Virginia, 19 May 1946
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dbp:shipFate 0001-05-19 (xsd:gMonthDay) Scrapped, 1968 (en)
dbp:shipIdentification *Call Signal: KWBP * (en)
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dbp:shipName John M. Brooke (en) Stavros Coumantaros (en)
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rdfs:comment SS John M. Brooke was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Mercer Brooke, an early graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he perfected a "deep-sea sounding device", which was instrumental in the creation of the Transatlantic Cable. In 1861, he resigned his commission in the US Navy and joined the Confederate Navy where he was involved with the conversion of the ironclad CSS Virginia, the development of a new rifled naval gun, the Brooke rifle, and the establishment of the Confederate States Naval Academy. (en)
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