SS James Bennett Moore
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SS James Bennett Moore was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James Bennett Moore, who was lost at sea while he was the 2nd assistant engineer on the freighter SS Massmar, after the convoy (QP 13) she was travelling in strayed into an Allied minefield (SN72) 5 July 1942, off Greenland.
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Name | James Bennett Moore |
Namesake | James Bennett Moore |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2397 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $797,094[1] |
Yard number | 182 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 15 December 1944 |
Launched | 19 January 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mary Peavey |
Completed | 31 January 1945 |
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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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