SS Richard Henry Lee
Liberty ship of WWII / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about SS Richard Henry Lee?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SS Richard Henry Lee was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Richard Henry Lee, an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States senator from Virginia, from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as the second President pro tempore of the upper house.
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Richard Henry Lee |
Namesake | Richard Henry Lee |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Calmar Steamship Corporation |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 18 |
Awarded | 14 March 1941 |
Builder | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1] |
Cost | $1,397,852[2] |
Yard number | 2005 |
Way number | 5 |
Laid down | 15 July 1941 |
Launched | 6 December 1941 |
Completed | 20 February 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 |
|