SS Raymond V. Ingersoll
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SS Raymond V. Ingersoll was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Raymond V. Ingersoll, borough president of Brooklyn from 1934 to 1940.
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United States | |
Name | Raymond V. Ingersoll |
Namesake | Raymond V. Ingersoll |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Agwilines Inc |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2317 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $945,999[1] |
Yard number | 58 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 27 July 1944 |
Launched | 31 August 1944 |
Completed | 18 September 1944 |
Identification | |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, 6 February 1947 |
Norway | |
Name | Sneland I |
Owner | Rich. Amlie & Co. |
Fate | Sold, 1959 |
Poland | |
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Operator | Polish Steamship Co. |
Refit | Converted to floating warehouse and renamed, 1975 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1982 |
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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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