SS Harold A. Jordan

History
United States
Name	Harold A. Jordan
Namesake	Harold A. Jordan
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Parry Navigation Co.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2514
Awarded	23 April 1943
Builder	St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[2]
Cost	$995,807[1]
Yard number	78
Way number	6
Laid down	30 November 1944
Launched	6 January 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. William H. Jordan
Completed	17 January 1945
Identification	Call sign: ANFG [1]
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina, 4 March 1948 Sold for scrapping, 30 October 1964, withdrawn from fleet, 31 December 1964
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Harold A. Jordan was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Harold A. Jordan, a Merchant seaman killed on the cargo ship SS Millinocket, 17 June 1942, when she was struck and sunk by a torpedo from German submarine U-129.^[4]

Construction[edit]

Harold A. Jordan was laid down on 30 November 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2514, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. William H. Jordan, the mother of the namesake, and she was launched on 6 January 1945.^[2][1]

History[edit]

She was allocated to the Parry Navigation Co., on 17 January 1945. On 26 September 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping, 30 October 1954, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $48,129.79. She was removed from the fleet, 31 December 1964.^[5]

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