SS Anna Dickinson
{{Short description|Liberty ship of WWII}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag= {{USN flag|1947}} |Ship name= Anna Dickinson |Ship namesake=Anna Dickinson |Ship owner = War Shipping Administration (WSA) |Ship operator = Wessel Duval & Company |Ship awarded = 23 April 1943 |Ship ordered = as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2493 |Ship builder = St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida{{sfn|St. John's River SBC|2010}} |Ship original cost=$1,009,493{{sfn|MARCOM}} |Ship yard number=57 |Ship way number=3 |Ship laid down= 26 July 1944 |Ship launched= 4 September 1944 |Ship completed= 16 September 1944 |Ship sponsor= Mrs. James R.P. Bell, Jr. |Ship identification = *Call sign: KSSZ
|Ship motto= |Ship fate= *Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 8 September 1949 *Sold for scrapping, 14 March 1961, withdrawn from fleet, 10 April 1961 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = {{sfn|Davies|2004|p=23}} | Ship class ={{Liberty ship class}} | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = {{Liberty ship tonnage}} | Ship displacement = {{Liberty ship displacement}} | Ship length = {{Liberty ship length}} | Ship beam = {{Liberty ship beam}} | Ship draft = {{Liberty ship draft}} | Ship capacity = {{Liberty ship cargo capacity}} | Ship hold depth = | Ship power = {{Liberty ship power}} | Ship propulsion = {{Liberty ship propulsion|8}} | Ship complement = {{Liberty ship complement}} | Ship armament = {{Liberty ship armament}} | Ship speed = {{Liberty ship speed}} | Ship notes = }} |
SS Anna Dickinson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Anna Dickinson, an American orator and lecturer. An advocate for the abolition of slavery and for women's rights, Dickinson was the first woman to give a political address before the United States Congress.
Construction
Anna Dickinson was laid down on 26 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2493, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. James R.P. Bell, Jr., the daughter of Benjamin F. Crowley, vice president St.Johns River SB Co., and was launched on 4 September 1944.{{sfn|St. John's River SBC|2010}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
History
She was allocated to the Wessel Duval & Company, on 16 September 1944. On 8 September 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping, 14 March 1961, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $58,139.89. She was removed from the fleet, 10 April 1961.{{sfn|MARAD}}
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- {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/stjohnsriver.htm
| title = St. John's River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville FL
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 16 October 2010
| access-date = 29 January 2020
| ref = {{sfnRef|St. John's River SBC|2010}}
}}
- {{cite web
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/264
|title=Anna Dickinson
|author=Maritime Administration
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 29 January 2020
|ref={{sfnref|MARAD}}
}}
- {{cite web
|last= Davies
|first= James
|url= http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf
|title= Specifications (As-Built)
|page=23
|date= May 2004
|access-date= 29 January 2020
}}
- {{cite web
|url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Anna%20Dickinson&code=B2493a
|title= SS Anna Dickinson
|access-date= 29 January 2020
|ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}}
}}
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{{MARCOM ships St. Johns River SB Co.}}
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