SS Howard A. Kelly explained

SS Howard A. Kelly was an American Liberty ship built in 1943 for service in World War II. Her namesake was Howard Atwood Kelly, an influential American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings.

Design

See main article: Liberty ship. Like other Liberty ships, she was 441feet long and 56feet wide, carried 9000 tons of cargo and had a top speed of 11kn. Most Liberty ships were named after prominent deceased Americans.^[1]

Construction and career

This particular ship was built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in Baltimore. She was launched on 18 March 1943 and commissioned later that year. She was operated as a Merchant navy ship for the United States Shipping Board by A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd.^[2]

She was scrapped in 1969.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liberty Ships built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II . usmm.org . 2008 . 10 May 2012 . 9 May 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509091805/http://www.usmm.org/libertyships.html#anchor446731 . dead .
2. Web site: S.S. Howard A. Kelly, launching, 1943 March 18 Hagley Museum and Library Archives. 2021-06-20. findingaids.hagley.org.
3. Miramar Ship Index