SS Howell E. Jackson

SS Howell E. Jackson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Howell E. Jackson, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and a United States senator from Tennessee.

History
United States
Name	Howell E. Jackson
Namesake	Howell E. Jackson
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Marine Transport Line
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1498
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$1.851.609[1]
Yard number	114
Way number	4
Laid down	22 May 1943
Launched	6 September 1943
Sponsored by	Nobie Ramspeck
Completed	25 September 1943
Identification	Call Signal: KIRA [1]
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 7 June 1948 Sold for scrapping, 9 August 1962
General characteristics [2]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

Construction

Howell E. Jackson was laid down on 22 May 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1498, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia;^[3] sponsored by Nobie Ramspeck,^[1] wife of House Majority Whip Robert Ramspeck, and launched on 6 September 1943.^[3]

History

She was allocated to Marine Transport Line, on 25 September 1943. On 7 June 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 9 August 1962, she was sold to North American Smelting Company, for $45,025, for scrapping, she was delivered on 29 August 1962.^[4][5]