SS John Catron
{{short description|World War II Liberty ship of the United States}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag}} |Ship name= John Catron |Ship namesake= John Catron |Ship owner= War Shipping Administration (WSA) |Ship operator= American Foreign Steamship, Co. |Ship ordered= as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 1494 |Ship builder=J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia |Ship original cost=$2,126,882{{sfn|MARCOM}} |Ship laid down= 3 September 1942 |Ship launched= 11 July 1943 |Ship completed= 31 July 1943 |Ship yard number= 110 |Ship way number=6 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship registry= |Ship renamed= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=*Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 30 August 1949
|Ship identification=*Call Signal: KIQN
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SS John Catron was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Catron, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Construction
John Catron was laid down on 3 September 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1494, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia, and launched on 11 July 1943.{{sfn|J.A. Brunswick|2010}}
History
She was allocated to American Foreign Steamship Corporation, on 31 July 1943. On 30 August 1949, she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet in Mobile, Alabama. She was sold to Andy Equipment, Inc., Houston, Texas, on 9 November 1971, and delivered for scrapping on 10 December 1971.{{sfn|Liberty Ships}}{{sfn|MARAD}}
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- {{cite web
| url = http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonesbrunswick.htm
| title = Jones Construction, Brunswick GA
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 13 October 2010
| access-date = 28 October 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|J.A. Brunswick|2010}}
}}
- {{cite web
|url= http://www.glynngen.com/nautical/glynn/libertyships.htm
|title= Liberty Ships – World War II
|access-date= 28 October 2017
|ref= {{sfnRef|Liberty Ships}}
}}
- {{cite web
|url=https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/2542
|title=John Catron
|author=Maritime Administration
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 28 October 2017
|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= 28 October 2017
}}
- {{cite web
|url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/
|title= SS John Catron
|access-date= 4 November 2017
|ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}}
}}
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{{MARCOM ships Jones-Brunswick Shipyard}}
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