SS Victor Herbert
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SS Victor Herbert was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Victor Herbert, a composer, conductor, and founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
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Name | Victor Herbert |
Namesake | Victor Herbert |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Marine Transport Lines, Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1532 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,846,347[1] |
Yard number | 14 |
Way number | 2 |
Laid down | 30 June 1943 |
Launched | 22 August 1943 |
Completed | 15 September 1943 |
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Fate | Sold to France, 6 December 1946, scrapped 1963 |
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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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