SS Willard Hall

SS Willard Hall was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Willard Hall, a Delaware attorney and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware Senate, as a United States representative from Delaware and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.

History
United States
Name	John Woolman, before 14 October 1942 Willard Hall, renamed 14 October 1942
Namesake	John Woolman Willard Hall
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Stockard Steamship Corp.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 930
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Cost	$1,076,324[2]
Yard number	2080
Way number	16
Laid down	29 November 1942
Launched	28 December 1942
Completed	11 January 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKGE [2]
Fate	Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 14 June 1946, sold for scrap 22 March 1966
General characteristics [3]
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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) 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

Willard Hall was laid down on 29 November 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 930, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 28 December 1942.^[1][2]

History

She was allocated to the Stockard Steamship Corp., on 11 January 1943.^[4]

On 14 June 1946, she was laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, in Hoboken, New Jersey. On 5 December 1946, she was towed to Norfolk, Virginia, for an estimated $44,088 in repairs. On 6 January 1947, there was a pending sale to Marine Tranport Lines, Inc., but on 9 January 1947, she was reallocated to Stockard SS Co. On 2 October 1947, she was laid up in the Wilmington Reserve Fleet in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 2 February 1966, she was sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $46,400, to be scrapped.^[4]