SS John Sergeant
{{Short description|Liberty ship of WWII}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag= {{USN flag|1948}} |Ship name= John Sergeant |Ship namesake=John Sergeant |Ship owner = War Shipping Administration (WSA) |Ship operator = Marine Transport Lines, Inc. |Ship awarded = 14 March 1941 |Ship ordered = as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 63 |Ship builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}} |Ship original cost= $1,075,184{{sfn|MARCOM}} |Ship yard number= 2050 |Ship way number= 2 |Ship laid down= 6 July 1942 |Ship launched= 21 August 1942 |Ship completed= 5 September 1942 |Ship sponsor= |Ship identification = *Call sign: KGKG
|Ship refit= converted to EC2-G-8f, 26 September 1956 |Ship motto= |Ship fate=* Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 23 July 1948
|Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1959}} |Ship name=John Sergeant |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= Military Sea Transportation Service |Ship operator= United States Lines Co. |Ship original cost= $2,450,000 (refit cost) |Ship acquired= |Ship in service= 26 September 1956 |Ship out of service= 11 September 1959 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification = |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship fate= Laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 11 September 1959 Sold for scrapping, 28 March 1972, withdrawn from fleet, 20 April 1972 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption ={{plainlist|* {{sfn|Davies|2004|p=23}}
}} | Ship class ={{Liberty ship class}} | Ship type = EC2-G-8f (1955-) (refit) | Ship tonnage = {{Liberty ship tonnage}} | Ship displacement = {{Liberty ship displacement}} | Ship length =* {{cvt|441|ft|6|in}} oa
| Ship beam = {{Liberty ship beam}} | Ship draft = {{Liberty ship draft}} | Ship capacity = {{Liberty ship cargo capacity}} | Ship hold depth = | Ship power =* 2 × Oil fired {{cvt|450|F}} boilers, operating at {{cvt|220|psi}} (removed in refit)
| Ship propulsion =* 1 × triple-expansion steam engine, (manufactured by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp, Harrison, New Jersey) (removed in refit)
| Ship complement = {{Liberty ship complement}} | Ship armament = {{Liberty ship armament}} | Ship speed =* {{Liberty ship speed}}
| Ship notes = New cargo handling gear installed during refit }} |
SS John Sergeant was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Sergeant, an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives. He was the National Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in the 1832 presidential election, serving on a ticket with Senator Henry Clay.
Construction
John Sergeant was laid down on 6 July 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 63, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; and was launched on 21 August 1942.{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
History
She was allocated to Marine Transport Lines, Inc., on 5 September 1942.{{sfn|MARAD}}
On 23 July 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. On 7 October 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. On 18 July 1952, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. On 14 September 1955, she was withdrawn from the fleet for test conversion to rotary compression pump fed open cycle gas turbine power. The Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia, performed the conversion and she was reclassified EC2-G-8f. Her hull was lengthened at the bow to {{cvt|467|ft|3|in}}, and new rotary compressor gas generator and General Electric gas turbine, producing {{cvt|6000|shp}}, connected directly to the ship's propeller through double reduction gear, were installed. At trials she ran over {{cvt|18|kn}}, above the requested {{cvt|15|kn}}.{{sfn|USMA}}
After conversion she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service. She was operated by United States Lines Co. under a bareboat charter. During her first {{cvt|27000|nmi}} she averaged {{cvt|15.4|kn}} and consumed an average of {{cvt|236|oilbbl}} of fuel per day, or {{cvt|0.677|oilbbl}} per mile.{{sfn|USMA}}
On 11 September 1959, she was laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia. She was sold for scrapping on 28 March 1972, to Peck Iron & Metal Co., Inc., for $38,208. She was removed from the fleet, 20 April 1972.{{sfn|MARAD}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm
| title = Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 14 August 2008
| access-date = 4 March 2020
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}
}}
- {{cite web
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2673
|title=John Sergeant
|author=Maritime Administration
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 4 March 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= 4 March 2020
}}
- {{cite web
|url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=John%20Sergeant&code=B0063a
|title= SS John Sergeant
|access-date= 4 March 2020
|ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}}
}}
- {{cite web
|title = Liberty ship conversion and engine improvement program : cumulative report of progress as of November 1, 1957
|url = https://archive.org/details/USMALibertyShipConversionReport1957/mode/1up
|date = 1 November 1957
|access-date = 4 March 2020
|ref = {{sfnRef|USMA}}
}}
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Category:Ships built in Baltimore
Category:Beaumont Reserve Fleet