SS William Johnson
{{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|1949}} |Ship name= William Johnson |Ship namesake=William Johnson |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 40 |Ship builder= Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}} |Ship original cost=$1,056,310{{sfn|MARCOM}} |Ship yard number= 2027 |Ship way number= 12 |Ship laid down= 18 March 1942 |Ship launched= 22 May 1942 |Ship completed= 16 June 1942 |Ship sponsor= Miss Irene Long |Ship identification = *Call sign: KFUW
|Ship motto= |Ship fate=* Laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York, 15 October 1948
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SS William Johnson was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after William Johnson, a state legislator and judge in South Carolina, and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1804 to his death in 1834.
Construction
William Johnson was laid down on 18 March 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 38, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Miss Irene Long, the secretary to Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery, and was launched on 22 May 1942.{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}
History
She was allocated to A.H. Bull & Co., Inc., on 16 June 1942. On 15 October 1948, she was laid up in the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Jones Point, New York. On 27 July 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama. She was sold for scrapping on 8 May 1961, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp.{{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 = 25 February 2020
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2008}}
}}
- {{cite web
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5274
|title=William Johnson
|author=Maritime Administration
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 25 February 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= 25 February 2020
}}
- {{cite web
|url= http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=William%20Johnson&code=B0040a
|title= SS William Johnson
|access-date= 25 February 2020
|ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}}
}}
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Category:Ships built in Baltimore