SS Arthur M. Huddell


SS Hellas Liberty in Piraeus Port, Greece after major restoration (2010)
Career (US)
Ordered: MCE hull 1215
Laid down: 25 October 1943
Launched: 7 December 1943
Christened: SS Arthur M. Huddell
Refit: 1944
Fate: sold for preservation in Greece
Career (GR)
Christened: SS Hellas Liberty
Acquired: 2008
Status: Converted to a museum ship
General characteristics
Type: General cargo

SS Arthur M Huddel, IMO: 5025706, is a Liberty ship launched in 1943 by St. John's River Shipbuilding. She was converted to a pipe carrier in 1944 and was used in the construction of a fuel pipeline under the English Channel following the Normandy landings. After the war she was laid up at Suisun Bay. She was chartered by AT&T in 1956 and was converted to a cable ship. In 1957 she was transferred to the US reserve fleet until 1964. Later she was classified as a barge and again laid up at James River in 1983. After that date many components, including the rudder, were removed and used as spare parts for SS John W. Brown.

In 2008 she was transferred to Greece for conversion to a maritime museum and was renamed SS Hellas Liberty.[1] She was towed into Piraeus harbour on January 11, 2009.[2] General repairs and conversions took place at Perama and Salamis during 2009 and 2010, including installation of a new rudder and propeller. In June 2010 she was presented to the public in her restored form in Piraeus harbor.

References

  1. ^ Ioanna Fotiadi (09-01-31). "The return of an ‘old loved one’ to Greece. Last Liberty arrives to become a museum". Kathimerini (ekathimerini.com). http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_1_31/01/2009_104283. 
  2. ^ Κατέπλευσε στον Πειραιά το "SS Hellas Liberty"

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