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USAT Joseph Habersham

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Liberty Class Cargo Ship:
  • Laid down, 20 August 1943, as SS Joseph Habersham a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 821) at Southeastern Ship Building Co., Savannah, GA.
  • Launched, 12 October 1943
  • Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 26 October 1943
  • Re-delivered, 26 October 1943, under a General Agency Agreement to Isthmian Steamship Co. until 26 July 1946
  • Acquired by the US Army Quartermasters Corp., 26 July 1946, as a Bare Bottom charter
  • Allocated to the US Army Transportation Service, 26 July 1946
  • Turned over the the Naval shipping Agency for Japan (SCAJAP) Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Delivered to the US Maritime Commission Reserve Fleet, Astoria, OR. for lay up, 28 July 1947
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in Japan, 23 November 1960, to Standard Ship & Steel Co. (PDX-592, dated 21 October 1960)
    Specifications:
    Displacement 14,474 t
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56'
    Draft 27'
    Speed 11.5 kts.
    Complement
    civilian mariners 38-62
    Navy gun crew 21-40
    Range 20,000 nm
    Capacity 10,856 t.
    Armament
    single 4" stern-mounted deck gun
    Propulsion
    two oil-fired boilers
    one triple-expansion steam engine
    single screw, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
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    Joseph Habersham
    301308601    		 113k Maritime Commission Cargo Ship Design (EC2-S-C1)  
    USAT Joseph Habersham
    Joseph Habersham
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    Namesake
    Joseph Habersham - (July 28, 1751 – November 17, 1815) was an American businessman, Georgia politician, soldier in the Continental Army, and Postmaster General of the United States.
    Wikipedia    		  
    Joseph Habersham
    301308603    		 398k USAT Joseph Habersham off Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News, VA., date unknown
    US National Archives Identifier 138926570, a US Army Signal Corps photo.    		 David Upton
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