SS John W. Brown
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SS John W. Brown is a Liberty ship, one of two still operational and one of three preserved as museum ships.[6] As a Liberty ship, she operated as a merchant ship of the United States Merchant Marine during World War II and later was a vocational high school training ship in New York City for many years. Now preserved, she is a museum ship and cruise ship berthed at Pier 13 in Baltimore Harbor in Maryland.
SS John W. Brown on the Great Lakes in 2000. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | John W. Brown |
Namesake | John W. Brown |
Ordered | 1 May 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Laid down | 28 July 1942 |
Launched | 7 September 1942 |
Sponsored by | Annie Green |
Completed | 19 September 1942 |
Acquired | 19 September 1942 |
In service | 19 September 1942 |
Out of service | 19 November 1946 |
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Status | Seagoing museum ship operated by Project Liberty Ship |
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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) |
Range | 23,000 miles (20,000 nmi; 37,000 km) |
Capacity | 562,608 cubic feet (15,931.3 m3) grain (as cargo ship) |
Troops | Up to 450,[2] 550,[3] or 650[4] (sources) as "Limited Capacity Troopship" |
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Notes | As of September 2007, the bow 3-inch gun and several 20-mm cannon were rigged with compressed gas firing simulators (oxygen and a fuel gas) for historical re-enactments of air defense |
SS John W. Brown (Liberty Ship) | |
Location | Canton Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland |
Coordinates | 39°15′35″N 76°33′22″W |
Built | 1942 |
Architect | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland |
NRHP reference No. | 97001295[5] |
Added to NRHP | 17 November 1997 |
John W. Brown was named after the Canadian-born American labor union leader John W. Brown (1867–1941).[7]
The other surviving operational Liberty ship is SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco, California. A third Liberty ship, SS Hellas Liberty (ex-SS Arthur M. Huddell) is preserved as a static museum ship in Piraeus, Greece.