SS Dolly Madison
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SS Dolly Madison was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Dolley Madison, the wife of James Madison, President of the United States from 1809 to 1817.
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United States | |
Name | Dolly Madison |
Namesake | Dolley Madison |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Merchant & Miners Transportation Co. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1530 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $2,020,628[1] |
Yard number | 12 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 20 May 1943 |
Launched | 27 September 1943 |
Completed | 14 October 1943 |
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United States | |
Name | Dolly Madison |
Operator | Suwanee Fruit & Steamship Corp., Jacksonville, Florida |
Acquired | 23 April 1947 |
Fate | Sold, 1949 |
Honduras | |
Name | Dolly Madison |
Owner | Honduras Shipping Co., Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Acquired | 1949 |
Fate | Sold, 1950 |
Panama | |
Name | Archangelos |
Namesake | Archangels |
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Acquired | 1950 |
Fate | Sprang leak and sank, 15 November 1964 |
Notes | reflagged Liberian, in 1954, same owner |
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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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