SS LeBaron Russell Briggs
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SS LeBaron Russell Briggs was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after LeBaron Russell Briggs, the first Dean of Men at Harvard College and the president of Radcliffe College.
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Name | LeBaron Russell Briggs |
Namesake | LeBaron Russell Briggs |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | R.A. Nichol & Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2301 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,001,224[1] |
Yard number | 42 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 29 March 1944 |
Launched | 12 May 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. George R. Smith |
Completed | 31 May 1944 |
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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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