SS John M. Harlan
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SS John M. Harlan was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John M. Harlan, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Name | John M. Harlan |
Namesake | John M. Harlan |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1497 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |
Cost | $1.892.040[1] |
Yard number | 113 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 5 May 1943 |
Launched | 29 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Henry V. Mason |
Completed | 16 September 1943 |
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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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