SS Abner Doubleday
 The SS John W. Brown is one of only two surviving operational Liberty ships. The SS Abner Doubleday was identical. | |
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Abner Doubleday |
| Namesake: | Abner Doubleday |
| Builder: | Oregon Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 25 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 20 November 1942 |
| Identification: | Maritime Commission hull number 598 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cargo ship |
| Displacement: | 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) |
| Length: | 135 m (441 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 17.3 m (56 ft 10.75 in) |
| Draft: | 8.5 m (27 ft 9.25 in) |
| Propulsion: | Two oil-fired boilers, triple-expansion steam engine, single screw, 2,500 horsepower (1,864 kW) |
| Speed: | 11 to 11.5 knots (20 to 21 km/h) |
| Range: | 23,000 miles (37,000 km) |
| Capacity: | 10,856 t (10,685 long tons) deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 41 men |
| Armament: | Stern-mounted 4-in (102 mm) deck gun for use against surfaced submarines, variety of anti-aircraft guns |
The SS Abner Doubleday was a liberty ship built during World War II. The ship was named after Abner Doubleday, the Brigadier General of the American Civil War. Her keel was laid down on 25 October 1942 and she launched 20 November 1942. Abner Doubleday was scrapped in 1968. The photo is of the identical ship the SS John W. Brown which is docked in Baltimore. There are only two liberty ships left, the SS John W. Brown and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco.
References
- Elphick, Peter. Liberty: The Ships that Won the War. Naval Institute Press, 2006. ISBN 1-59114-451-5
External links
- Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II
- Links to Liberty Ship information
- Ships Sunk or Damaged during World War II
- Ships built at Oregon Shipbuilding
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