SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler
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SS Benjamin Ide Wheeler was a Liberty ship, a cargo ship during World War II. Built by California Shipbuilding Corporation (Calship) of Los Angeles for the United States Maritime Commission (USMC). Benjamin Ide Wheeler was Calship's 100th ship built. She was sponsored and christened by Mrs. Robert Gordon Sproul, wife of Robert Gordon Sproul President of the University of California system.[1] She was named after Benjamin Ide Wheeler President of the University of California from 1899 to 1919.[2] Her Hull # was 675, she was type EC2-S-C1 ship, built in 50 days as part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Her keel was laid down on 28 October 1942, launched on 27 November 1942 and delivered on 17 December 1942. She was assigned to American-Hawaiian Steamship Company of San Francisco for merchant operation by the War Shipping Administration (WSA).[3]
SS John W Brown, a ship of the same class as the Benjamin Ide Wheeler | |
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United States | |
Name | Benjamin Ide Wheeler |
Namesake | Benjamin Ide Wheeler |
Owner | United States Maritime Commission (USMC) |
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Laid down | 28 October 1942 |
Launched | 27 Novovmber 1942 |
Completed | 17 Decmebr 1942 |
Fate | Scrpped 1948 as sinking and refloated |
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Tonnage | 7,000 LT DWT |
Length | |
Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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