Loading AI tools
Liberty ship of WWII From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Richard H. Alvey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Richard H. Alvey, an American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the supreme court of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Court of Appeals and subsequently served as the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Richard H. Alvey |
Namesake | Richard H. Alvey |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 53 |
Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost | $1,079,705[2] |
Yard number | 2040 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 24 May 1942 |
Launched | 15 July 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Holbrooke Bradley |
Completed | 29 July 1942 |
Identification | |
Fate |
|
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type |
|
Tonnage | |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity |
|
Complement | |
Armament |
|
Richard H. Alvey was laid down on 24 May 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 53, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Holbrooke Bradley, the daughter of Paul Patterson, the owner of The Baltimore Sun, and was launched on 15 July 1942.[1][2]
She was allocated to A.H. Bull & Co., Inc., on 29 July 1942. On 29 September 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. She was sold for scrapping on 14 March 1961, to Luria Brothers & Co., for $61,789.22. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 29 March 1961.[4]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.