SS Peter Zenger
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United States | |
Name | Peter Zenger |
Namesake | Peter Zenger |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | A.H. Bull & Co. Inc. |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1527 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $1,852,957[1] |
Yard number | 9 |
Way number | 3 |
Laid down | 31 March 1943 |
Launched | 4 July 1943 |
Completed | 31 July 1943 |
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General characteristics [2] | |
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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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SS Peter Zenger was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Peter Zenger, a printer and journalist in New York City that printed The New York Weekly Journal. He was accused of libel in 1734, by William Cosby, the governor of New York, but the jury acquitted Zenger, who became a symbol for freedom of the press.[3]
Construction
Peter Zenger was laid down on 31 March 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1527, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 4 July 1943.[4][1]
History
She was allocated to A.H. Bull & Co. Inc., on 31 July 1943. On 11 October 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Astoria, Oregon. On 22 July 1954, she was withdrawn from the fleet to be loaded with grain under the "Grain Program 1954", she returned loaded with grain on 4 August 1954. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 20 May 1963, to have the grain unloaded, she returned empty on 25 May 1963. On 19 July 1966, she was sold for $45,355.55 to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc., for scrapping. She was removed from the fleet on 5 August 1966.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c MARCOM.
- ^ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ^ * Burrows, E. G., Wellace, M. (1998). "Chapter 11: Recession, Revival, and Rebellion". Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-511634-2.
- ^ J.A. Panama City 2010.
- ^ MARAD.
Bibliography
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- Maritime Administration. "Peter Zenger". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- "SS Peter Zenger". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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