SS Newton D. Baker (original) (raw)

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Liberty ship of WWII

Newton D. Baker, probably in the Scheldt
History
United States
Name Newton D. Baker
Namesake Newton D. Baker
Owner War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc.
Ordered as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1520
Builder J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida
Cost $2,258,166[1]
Yard number 2
Way number 2
Laid down 3 September 1942
Launched 25 February 1943
Sponsored by Rose Jones
Completed 6 April 1943
Identification US official number 243063 Call sign KIFC [1]
Fate Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 1 October 1947 Sold for scrapping, 2 January 1968
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 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

SS Newton D. Baker was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Newton D. Baker, a lawyer, the 37th Mayor of Cleveland, and the United States Secretary of War, during World War I.

Newton D. Baker was laid down on 3 September 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1520, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Rose Jones, the wife of the James Addison Jones, the founder J.A. Jones Construction Co., she was launched on 25 February 1943.[3][1]

She was allocated to Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc., on 6 April 1943. On 1 October 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. On 2 January 1968, she was sold for $46,320 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 29 January 1968.[4]

  1. ^ a b c MARCOM.
  2. ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. ^ J.A. Panama City 2010.
  4. ^ MARAD.