SS Richard H. Alvey
{{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= Richard H. Alvey |Ship namesake=Richard H. Alvey |Ship owner = War Shipping Administration (WSA) |Ship operator = A.H. Bull & Co., Inc. |Ship awarded = 14 March 1941 |Ship ordered = as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 53 |Ship builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}} |Ship original cost=$1,079,705{{sfn|MARCOM}} |Ship yard number= 2040 |Ship way number= 3 |Ship laid down= 24 May 1942 |Ship launched= 15 July 1942 |Ship completed= 29 July 1942 |Ship sponsor= Mrs. Holbrooke Bradley |Ship identification = *Call sign: KGIM
|Ship motto= |Ship fate=*Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 29 September 1947
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SS Richard H. Alvey was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Richard H. Alvey, an American jurist who served as Chief Judge of the supreme court of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Court of Appeals and subsequently served as the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
Construction
Richard H. Alvey was laid down on 24 May 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 53, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Holbrooke Bradley, the daughter of Paul Patterson, the owner of The Baltimore Sun, and was launched on 15 July 1942.{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
History
She was allocated to A.H. Bull & Co., Inc., on 29 July 1942. On 29 September 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas. She was sold for scrapping on 14 March 1961, to Luria Brothers & Co., for $61,789.22. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 29 March 1961.{{sfn|MARAD}}
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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 = 2 March 2020
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}
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- {{cite web
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/4107
|title=Richard H. Alvey
|author=Maritime Administration
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 2 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= 2 March 2020
}}
- {{cite web
|url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Richard%20H.Alvey&code=B0053a
|title= SS Richard H. Alvey
|access-date= 2 March 2020
|ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}}
}}
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