SS James J. Pettigrew
World War II Liberty ship of the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS James J. Pettigrew (MC contract 874) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after J. Johnston Pettigrew, a Confederate general from North Carolina killed during the American Civil War.
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Name | James J. Pettigrew |
Namesake | J. Johnston Pettigrew |
Builder | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, North Carolina |
Yard number | 52 |
Way number | 7 |
Laid down | 24 November 1942 |
Launched | 24 December 1942 |
Honors and awards | 1 × battle star |
Fate | Scrapped 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Liberty ship |
Tonnage | 7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
Length | 441 ft 6 in (134.57 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 11 in (17.35 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9 in (8.46 m) |
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Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Capacity | 9,140 tons cargo |
Complement | 41 |
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The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on November 24, 1942, and launched on December 24, 1942.[1] Pettigrew was chartered to Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., by the War Shipping Administration until entering the James River Fleet of the National Defense Reserve Fleet in January 1946. At the time she required more than $100,000 of repairs. The vessel was sold for scrap in 1967.[2]