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
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
Fate	Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 7 June 1948 Sold for scrapping, 9 August 1962
General characteristics
Class and 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 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (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; sponsored by Nobie Ramspeck, wife of House Majority Whip Robert Ramspeck, and launched on 6 September 1943.

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.

Bibliography

• "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
• "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 28 October 2017.
• Maritime Administration. "Howell E. Jackson". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
• "SS Howell E. Jackson". Retrieved 5 November 2017.