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Name | Mary Ball |
Namesake | Mary Ball Washington |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | United Fruit Co. |
Ordered | as type (Z-EC2-S-C2) hull, MC hull 1534 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $2,143,464[1] |
Yard number | 16 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 20 July 1943 |
Launched | 17 October 1943 |
Completed | 23 November 1943 |
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Class and type | type Z-EC2-S-C2, army tank transport |
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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 Mary Ball was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Mary Ball, the mother of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
Construction
[edit]Mary Ball was laid down on 20 July 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1534, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 17 October 1943.[3][1]
History
[edit]She was allocated to United Fruit Co., on 23 November 1943. On 20 June 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Alabama. On 28 October 1971, she was sold, along with 13 other ships, for $513,800, to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, to be scrapped. She was removed from the fleet on 17 April 1972.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c MARCOM.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ J.A. Panama City 2010.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
[edit]- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Mary Ball". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- "SS Mary Ball". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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