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Liberty Ship 1944
TO NAME LIBERTY SHIP SARAH ORNE JEWETT
Three Other Prominent New Englanders to be Honored Also
From: The Lewiston Daily Sun - Dec 15, 1943, p. 12
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 --Names of
prominent New Englanders are included In a group selected to be
honored when four Liberty ships, now under construction at the
South Portland. Me., shipyards of the New England Shipbuilding
Corporation, are completed.
The ships will be named for: Sarah Orne Jcwctt, 1849-1909, who
wrote a number of books concerned with New England. She was born
at South Berwick, Me.
Susan Colby, 1817-1919, the daughter of Anthony Colby, Governor
of New Hampshire in 1845. Miss Colby was the first teacher at
New London Academy, later named Colby Academy in her honor and
now known as Colby Junior College.
Washington Alston, 1779-1843, known as the American Titian,
whose famous paintings of Belshazzar's Feast and the Witch of
Endor arc well known. Allston was born at Woccamaw, S. C.
Ronald Fernald. 1595-1656, who came to New Hampshire from
England in 1630. Fcrnald, a former English Navy doctor, was New
Hampshire's first surgeon. He held many public offices and was a
landowner of prominence, part of his holdings including the site
of the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
SS
Sarah Orne Jewett
Hull #2219
Type:standard
Laid down: 8 December 1943
Launched: 28 January 1944
Sold private 1947
wrecked 1966 and scrapped 1967
New England
Shipbuilding Corporation, South Portland, Maine The East
and West Yards were both on the same 60 acres (240,000 m2) of
shipyard. However, the two yards commenced operations under
different titles and until early 1942 were separated by rigid
legal conditions.
Photo of SS John W. Brown, one
of two surviving operational Liberty ships, photographed in
2000.
Courtesy of Wikipedia
from MARINERS
Researching the mariners and ships of the merchant marine and
the world's navies.
History of the SS. Sarah Orne
Jewett
with numerous name changes
1944 WSA (Prudential SS Corp, NY)
1948 Prudential SS Corp, NY.- US flag.
1951 NIKOS, Dolphin SS Corp, NY.- US flag
1953 JOHN PAUL JONES, National Shpg & Tdg Corp, NY.- US
flag.
1954 NATIONAL LIBERTY, American Waterways Corp.- US flag
(National Shpg & Tdg Corp, NY)
1959 MOUNT EVANS, Mount Evans SS Co.- US flag (Cargo &
Tankship Management Corp, NY)
1962 (A. H. Bull & Co, NY)
1963 WYOMING, Midwest Shpg & Tdg.Corp.- US flag (Martran SS
Co, NY)
1963 YUCATAN, Panolas Cia.Mar, Panama.- Liberian flag (C.M.Los
Ltd, London)
1965 EASTERN ARGO, Eastern Marine Corp.- Liberian flag (United
Maritime Trust, Taipei)
20.11.66 Stranded Mapingil, Philippines. Refloated and laid up
Keelung.
1967 Scrapped Keelung [Taiwan].
from DAILY GREAT LAKES and SEAWAY SHIPPING NEWS
Lookback #733 – Former Mount Evans, a Liberty
ship, grounded on Nov. 20, 1966
The Liberty ship Mount Evans, a Seaway trader
on two occasions in 1961, had a total of eight names and was
wrecked in a grounding off the Philippines 49-years ago today.
The 441 foot, 6 inch long ship was launched
at Portland, Maine, on Jan. 28, 1944, and completed the
following month as a) Sarah Orne Jewett. It entered war service
for the United States Maritime Commission with a capacity of
close to 10,000 tons deadweight.
It survived the war unscathed but lost its
propeller in Nov. 1947, while about 440 miles east of St.
John's, Newfoundland, during on a voyage from Rouen, France, to
New York.
The vessel was sold for commercial service in
1949, but resold and renamed b) Nikos in 1951. Then, in 1953, it
became c) John Paul Jones, d) National Liberty in 1954 and e)
Mount Evans in 1959. All of these names retained American
registry as it did on becoming f) Wyoming in 1963.
The ship left the stars and stripes later in
1963 on becoming g) Yucatan under the Liberian flag. It retained
that registry when resold and renamed h) Eastern Argo in 1965.
The latter stranded off Mapingil, Philippines, on Nov. 20, 1966.
While refloated, the 24-year old Liberty ship had hull damage
that was not worth the cost of repair.
The vessel was towed to Jose Panganiban and
then on to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to complete the intended voyage.
It was subsequently taken to Keelung, Taiwan, and laid up on
Feb. 7, 1967. Following a sale to Taiwan shipbreakers, the hull
was broken up at Keelung beginning in Sept. 1967.
Skip Gillham
Posted by: Al Roth (---.158.6.61.Dial1.Chicago1.Level3.net)
Date: January 17, 2005 11:35AM
I am getting used to the computer and enjoyed the liberty ship web site. I was on the ship Sarah Orne Jewett in WWII. I was a signalman and sailed around the world with her. I am interested in finding anyone who might have been on that ship. I left San Pedro Harbor Ca. and headed West until we arrived in New York in 1942. I would appreciate any information. Thank you!
Re: Liberty Ships and T2 Tankers
Posted by: Gary Myers (---.client.dsl.net)
Date: August 11, 2005 03:08PM
Al,
My father served on the SS Sarah Orne Jewett
also. He was on her for a cruise from the States to the
Mediterranean and back, April '44 to September '44. Dad served
in the engine-room as an oiler.
The Jewett was in the invasion fleet during
the invasion of Southern France in Aug '44, and was close in to
shore at the St. Raphael beach head, the only hotly contested
beach head in that invasion. While she was offloading, the
Jewett was hit by German shore fire, resulting in a hole in the
number 2 hold at the waterline. The Jewett was pulled out of the
line and sent back to Naples for temporary repairs and finally
returned to New York for permanent repairs.
In Nov 1966, the Jewett ran aground in the
Philippines and was declared a constructive total loss. She was
broken up in 1967 in Taiwan.
Note
Edited by Terry Heller, Coe College.