SS Fred Herrling
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Name | Fred Herrling |
Namesake | Fred Herrling |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | R.A. Nichol & Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2517 |
Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2] |
Cost | $1,174,299[1] |
Yard number | 81 |
Way number | 4 |
Laid down | 23 December 1944 |
Launched | 30 January 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Kenneth Jones |
Completed | 10 February 1945 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Fred Herrling was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Fred Herrling, a Merchant seaman killed on the cargo ship SS Alaskan, 28 November 1942, when she was struck and sunk by a torpedo from German submarine U-172.[4]
Construction
[edit]Fred Herrling was laid down on 23 December 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2517, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth Jones, the niece of the namesake, and she was launched on 30 January 1945.[2][1]
History
[edit]She was allocated to the R.A. Nichol & Company, on 10 February 1945. On 17 August 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping, 4 April 1968, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. She was removed from the fleet, 14 May 1968.[5]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- "St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Maritime Administration. "Fred Herrling". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "SS Fred Herrling". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- "SS Alaskan". www.Uboat.net. Retrieved 11 February 2020.