SS Ransom A. Moore
{{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}} | Ship name = Ransom A. Moore | Ship namesake = Ransom A. Moore | Ship owner = War Shipping Administration (WSA) | Ship operator = J. H. Winchester & Company, Inc. | Ship ordered = as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2330 | Ship builder = J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida | Ship original cost = $871,631{{sfn|MARCOM}} | Ship sponsor = Mrs. Emmett Assenheimer | Ship laid down = 18 October 1944 | Ship launched = 21 November 1944 | Ship completed = 30 November 1944 | Ship yard number = 71 | Ship way number = 3 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship registry = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship captured = | Ship identification = *Call sign: ANAU
| Ship fate =*Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas, 10 May 1952
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SS Ransom A. Moore was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Ransom A. Moore, an American agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Construction
Ransom A. Moore was laid down on 18 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2330, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Emmett Assenheimer, the wife of the director of Procurement and Expediting, JAJCC, and launched on 21 November 1944.{{sfn|J.A. Panama City|2010}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
History
She was allocated to J. H. Winchester & Company, Inc., 30 November 1944. On 1 October 1948, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas.{{sfn|MARAD}}
She was sold for scrapping, 15 March 1970, to Luria Bros. and Co., Inc., for $41,280. She was withdrawn from the fleet, 15 June 1970.{{sfn|MARAD}}
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Bibliography
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm|title=Jones Construction, Panama City FL|date=13 October 2010|publisher=www.ShipbuildingHistory.com|access-date=11 December 2019|ref={{sfnRef|J.A. Panama City|2010}}}}
- {{cite web
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/4056
|title= Ransom A. Moore
|author=Maritime Administration
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 11 December 2019
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf|title=Specifications (As-Built)|last=Davies|first=James|date=May 2004|page=23|access-date=11 December 2019}}
- {{cite web|url=http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Ransom%20A.Moore&code=B2330a|title=SS Ransom A. Moore|access-date=11 December 2019|ref={{sfnRef|MARCOM}}}}
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