SS William E. Dodd
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SS William E. Dodd was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William E. Dodd, the United States Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937.
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United States | |
Name | William E. Dodd |
Namesake | William E. Dodd |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Marine Transport Lines Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2308 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $964,519,[1] |
Yard number | 49 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 19 May 1944 |
Launched | 22 June 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Frances Spain |
Completed | 15 July 1944 |
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Norway | |
Name | Milbank |
Owner | Skibs-A/S Skytteren |
Operator | Yngvar Hvistendahl, Tonsberg, Norway |
Acquired | 25 July 1947 |
Fate | Sold, 1958 |
Liberia | |
Name | Thanksgiving |
Owner | Seabird Steamship Co. |
Operator | C. M. Los, Ltd., London |
Acquired | 1958 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1967 |
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Length | |
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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